navi mumbai i vijayraghvan rengachari do take an oath not to buy or burst crackers this diwali and also in future we can live without crackers but surely we cant live without fresh airwith so many children working in those sick cracker industries who sacrificed their childhoods just to make fireworks so this diwali please dont buy those toxic crackers no this is not just an antifirecracker resolution for diwali by an individual or even a concerned group animal welfare worker and city resident rengachari took this solemn oath on facebook which has been shared by over 300 persons so far along with likes aplenty on the social networking site it is high time each of us take such a vow to improve our environment there are better ways to celebrate our festivals rather than make irritating noise and add to air pollution added rengachari in fact several conscientious citizens across navi mumbai are trying to spread awareness about the harmful effects of crackers in their own small way a group of youngsters organized a peaceful demonstration in panvel this week by displaying banners to discourage people from buying crackers besides humans the diwali fireworks also have a very bad effect on animals however the plus point is that already a lot of people have become aware of this issue and are thinking twice before buying crackers said a navi mumbaibased animal activist arati chauhan podar institute of education a teachers training college in the city had held a series of puppet shows for the preprimary children in the city to highlight the environmental problem and other issues related to the rampant use of crackers antinoise activist of the ngo awaaz foundation sumaira abdulali said just last week we had carried out an exercise along with the maharashtra pollution control board mpcb to test the decibel levels of various crackers most of the popular fireworks like sutli bomb and certain rockets are exceedingly loud which can also cause hearing problems that is why all of us should not make use of these things meanwhile pet owners have been cautioned to keep their pets away from places where noisy crackers are burst as animals tend to become terrified and flee which can harm them further