Overview
- Posting on Instagram Stories, she urged people to stop using firecrackers, rejecting excuses such as doing it once for children or for social media aesthetics.
- She called out perceived hypocrisy, saying Earth Day 'say no to crackers' messages ring hollow if fireworks return on Diwali and noting that AQI updates are about the air children breathe.
- CPCB data and local monitors recorded post-Diwali spikes, with Delhi entering the severe category and Mumbai neighborhoods like Bandra hitting around 300, classified as poor to very poor.
- She said she would not send her children to watch fireworks and described the practice as a habit she does not wish to continue under the banner of tradition.
- Reports highlighted recurring enforcement gaps and annual health warnings from doctors and environmentalists about respiratory risks tied to fireworks smoke in winter conditions.