Skip to content Skip to navigation

Make Dewali pollution free occasion

At a time when the country is preparing to celebrate Diwali by bursting crackers in a big way a non governmental organization has urged the people to avoid the traditional practice saying that it would be an agent of environmental disaster. 

Talking to Assam Times, the NGO popularly named as Small Steps founder

Dr. Prodip Kumar Sahoo urged his colleagues and  students of Lanka Junior college to avoid bursting if so much crackers saying that the toxic subtances released thereof  would affects the environment. 

Dr.Sahoo Said, "We request the public not to pollute the environment with noise and smoke and celebrate Deepawali, with decorative lights, taking blessings of elder one's. Many birds and animals are scared with the sounds caused by crackers and many living being die's due to smoke released by burning fire crackers" 

Principal N Debnath and faculty members of the college, wrote on placards to spread the message of pollution free Deepawali and left their signature on the board. 

 

Students took oath to protect nature from pollution created  by fire crackers, this diwali and they also committed to spread the knowledge in the society as far as possible.

Add new comment

Assamese Translator

Assam Times seeks English to Assamese translators!
Join our volunteer team.
Email editor@assamtimes.org.

Random Stories

AAGSU to organise peace rallies across the State

16 Nov 2008 - 12:12am | Nanda Kirati Dewan
The joint steering committee meeting of All Assam Gorkha Students' Union (AAGSU) and Gorkha Autnomous Council Demand Committee (GACDC) - political wing of AAGSU has decided to organise a peace and...

Congress confident of winning 8 seats in Assam

27 Apr 2009 - 4:27pm | luitneildon
The Assam Congress said it is confident of bagging seven to eight Lok Sabha seats in the State. Assam went to the two-phased parliamentary elections on April 16 and April 23 for 14 seats. Assam...

Deepar Beel Festival 2013

21 Oct 2013 - 2:06pm | Raktim Baruah
A 2-day-long Deepor Beel Festival, 2013 will be organised by Parijat Academy on December 23-24.Postar makingClay modelBirds watchingNature trekking from Deepor Beel to Satargaon tribal...

Nagaon Bengali Sanmilani gear up for Puja Celebration

12 Oct 2010 - 5:06am | DigantaTalukdar
With the durga puja round the corner, the different durga puja committees across the town are in the midst of creating colorful pandals and the famous structures. The Nagaon Bengali Sanmilani, one of...

Other Contents by Author

Hojai:- Like other parts of the country the festival of Raksha Bandhan signifying the tying of sacred threads (Rakhis) by sisters on the wrists of their brothers was celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety across Hojai district on Sunday. Sisters tied ‘rakhis’ and offered sweets to their brothers and wished them a healthy and wealthy life. ‘Raksha Bandhan’ is celebrated on a full moon day of Sravana Masam. Thousands of people visited temples and performed special pujas on the occasion of ‘Rakhi Pournami’. Shopkeepers displayed colourful ‘rakhis’ to attract girls, who tie rakhis to their brothers and  confectionery shops and sweet stalls were teemed with visitors since morning....
Hojai:- Believers Eastern Church Satgaon Mission Diocese,Lanka in Hojai District  conducted two days fund-raising campaign at Bokolia,Langhin and Dokmoka town on 21st and 22nd August in aid of people affected by the current spell of devastating floods in Kerala, a Press Communique stated. As per the press communique, A team from Believers Eastern Church Satgaon Mission Diocese under the leadership Father  Thanghao holding the placards and banner with a message "An Appeal For Kerala Flood Relief" mobilised funds for the flood-affected people of Kerala by visiting various shops , vendors and some other parts of the town as part of the two day-long fund-raising campaign. In a...
Hojai:- Along With the rest of the Country, the holy festival of sacrifice Eid-Ul-Zuha, also Known as Eid-al-adha was Celebrated with pomp , gaiety and religious fervour in entire Hojai District on Wednesday. Thousands of  Muslims joined the celebration of Eid--Ul-Zuha at Hojai Eidgha Maiden, Nilbagan Eidgha Maiden, Daboka Eidgha Maiden, Udali, Jugijaan, Murajhar, Gopal Nagar, Kapasbari,Lanka, Lumding on Wednesday.The namaaz began at morning 6:30. "For the first in the history of Gopal Nagar Eidgha Maidan  Aamiruddin Ajmal performed the namaaz, so it was very special for each one of the resident of the area.",informed Swajidul Islam, a local resident of Gopal Nagar. Islam also...
HOJAI :- Hojai joined the 72nd Independence Day  with much pomp and gaiety on Wednesday. At District Head Quater Sankardev Nagar Pijush Hazarika, Hon'ble Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Assam hoisted the National Tricolour  and took salute of the March pass by security forces,NCC cadets. Hazarika also addressed the gathering at Kachari Maiden at Sankardev Nagar. Hazarika was accompanied by Hojai District  Deputy Commissioner Manvendra Pratap Singh,IAS and Superintendent of Police Ankur Jain,IPS on the dais. Hundreds of people from all walks of life came to witness the programme. Hojai district administration along with the help of various...
Hojai:- "Assam Pradesh ManipurI Association(APMA) is going to commemorate 127th Bir Tikendrajit Martyrs Day  in befitting manner with one day long activity in Hojai on upcoming 13th August." said President of APMA Advocate Yumnam Nayan Singha while addressing a Press Conference on Thursday at Manipuri Sahitya Parishad Bhawan at New Market in Hojai. He shared the objective behind observance of this event is preservation of National Peace,Progress and Integrity comprising  all the multi-linguistic religious groups of the people of our country. Also, everyone present will observe "Meira-Katpa" at 5:00 PM as a mark of due respect to the patriotic ideals of the departed soul....
HojaI:- As a part of Golden Jubilee Celebration one of the oldest Irrigation Scheme of Assam, i.e. Jamuna Irrigation Scheme the Officers, both Office and Field Staffs  along with their family members  organised  a Blood Donation Camp at around 10:30 am on Tuesday under the agies of District Health Department and Hojai Administration at their office campus in Hojai.   On this occasion a awareness meeting was organised where Sanjai Kumar Mahanta, Executive Engineer presided the meeting. Eye Specialist and DMO Dr D Chetia Phukan briefly explained the gathering  regarding importance of blood donation. He said all donors will be issued a certificate which will be valid...
Hojai: Two wild elephants died due to lightning strike in the Lankajan Dorjeesheet area under Hojai district along the Hojai-Karbi Anglong border on Sunday night. According to information, the two tuskers came down from the forest in Karbi Anglong district in search of food and were moving in the Lankajan Dorjeesheet area but died at wee hours due to lightning.While one of the elephants is a mature male elephant, the other is a male elephant calf, aged 10 to 12 years. In the morning, the villagers found the carcass of elephants in sugarcane field in two separate places. They immediately informed it to the Forest Department. Certain Injury marks have been found in the head of the mature...
Hojai:- Properties worth more than  10 lakh were reduced to ashes when a devastating fire engulfed 13 houses at Pachali in Hojai. As Per information, the incident took place  at around 10:55 am on Monday. It is suspected that due to short circuit this massive fire broke out. According to the locals fire fighter reached the spot after 1 hour of the incident. Notably, fire brigade department is nearly 2 Km away from the spot but this type of delay has raised serious concerns for the denizens of Hojai. However, around five fire fighter from Hojai,Sankardev Nagar and Nilbagan reached the spot extinguished the fire and took the situation under control. There is, no loss of,...
Hojai:- Just a day remaining  for the publication of the complete draft  of National Register  Of Citizen (NRC) on July 30 ( i.e Monday), ashes of NRC related documents of multiple blocks of the area were allegedly found.As Per information, the incident has taken place outside the Revenue Circle Office at Hojai on Saturday.As Per some citizens  NRC documents of multiple blocks of the area were recovered in half-burnt condition.The incident has led to sensation in the area before the upcoming NRC complete draft publication.Talking to Media Some officials of the Revenue Circle  Office said that the documents are not related with NRC and are in fact waste...
Hojai:- People of Shabajpur area in Murajhar under Hojai District are living in panic these days due to havoc created by monkeys in the area.Since last 4-5 days several monkeys have created sensation in the area.As Per some local resident's," Due to monkeys menace they are not able to sleep, every time fear of monkeys remains because they invade their homes in search of food in night hours.They even cannot get out of their house because of attacks of monkeys as such children's of the area are unable to go the school. Denizens of the area has urged forest department to deploy a team to handle the situation and cage the monkeys, later release them in forest.