{"id":5963,"date":"2017-10-11T21:53:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T16:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=5963"},"modified":"2017-10-11T22:14:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T16:44:45","slug":"incessant-trolling-lead-modi-govt-taking-u-turn-green-diwali-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/incessant-trolling-lead-modi-govt-taking-u-turn-green-diwali-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Has incessant trolling led to Modi Govt taking a U-turn on their Green Diwali initiative?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cWelcome decision by the SC on ban of firecrackers sales in NCR. Comes as a huge support for my #GreenDiwali initiative for our environment<\/em>,\u201d tweeted Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union minister for environment, forest and climate change on hearing of the Supreme Court ban on the sale of firecrackers in NCR. The minister is a longtime advocate of Green Diwali. \u201c<em>As a doctor, ENT surgeon in particular, I&#8217;ve seen people pour into hospitals on <\/em><strong><em>Diwali<\/em><\/strong><em> night suffering from burns, eye, ear injury, asthma<\/em>,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan\/status\/898259132498587648\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> when he launched the Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali campaign in August this year. He has voiced his concerns against crackers time and again and in 2014 as well he had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan\/status\/522833344757645312\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted that<\/a> \u201c<em>Your merry making should not be cause of another&#8217;s trauma. Let&#8217;s fight noise pollution<\/em>.\u201d Incessant trolling on Twitter has now forced him to delete his tweets celebrating the Supreme Court ban.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling-1024x532.jpg\" alt=\"harsh-vardhan-trolling\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling-1024x532.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling-696x361.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling-1068x555.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling-809x420.jpg 809w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-trolling.jpg 1849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the Minister deleted his tweet, many in the right-wing celebrated this as an achievement. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What the&#8230;! Dr Harshvardhan deleted his tweet cheering SC order? Matlab kuchh hope hai, that backlash is working!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0939\u092e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 (@India_Policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/India_Policy\/status\/917431795116732416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will take care of all those street naxalites but what about those we voted? After outrage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drharshvardhan<\/a> deleted his pro ban tweets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJ4Xx5WXHe\">pic.twitter.com\/GJ4Xx5WXHe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kailash Wagh \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@kailashwg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kailashwg\/status\/917437135799468032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here is the list of tweets that Dr Harsh Vardhan has now quietly deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007-1024x962.jpg\" alt=\"Harsh Vardhan&#039;s deleted tweets\" width=\"640\" height=\"601\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007-1024x962.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007-768x722.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007-696x654.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007-1068x1004.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007-447x420.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/Selection_11_10_2017_007.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is rather shocking that the minister has chosen to delete his tweets despite the Central Pollution Control Board <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/india\/delhi-to-celebrate-green-diwali-as-supreme-court-says-no-firecracker-sale-till-october-31-1540539.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">supporting<\/a> the application in Supreme Court to temporarily ban firecrackers and the Minister himself having lead the government&#8217;s Green Diwali initiative.<\/p>\n<h3>Harit Diwali campaign<\/h3>\n<p>It was in August this year that the ministry of environment, forest and climate change launched the \u201cHarit Diwali, Swasth Diwali\u201d campaign with much fanfare. A press release by PIB gives us details of the scale of celebrations. Addressing a gathering of about 800 school children, Dr. Harsh Vardhan impressed upon them the importance of their contribution towards reducing pollution by not bursting harmful fire crackers during Diwali.\u00a0He also administered a \u2018<em>Pledge for a Green and Healthy Diwali<\/em>\u2019 to the gathering of students<em>. <\/em>It was planned that<em> \u201cthe Pledge will be widely circulated to the schools\/colleges and other educational institutions and the school administration will be requested to administer the said Pledge during their school assembly up to Diwali<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0With a week left for Diwali, we presume this must have already been done by now by all schools in NCR.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A week back we kicked off the Harit Diwali campaign, joined in by around 800 school kids,their teachers, principals- with lots of enthusiasm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmszg8TczI\">pic.twitter.com\/qmszg8TczI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan\/status\/900772976139714560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy to know that participants also took a Harit-Diwali Swasth Diwali Pledge for school children, teachers and principal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwachhataHiSeva?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SwachhataHiSeva<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L7Wxm8JcPJ\">pic.twitter.com\/L7Wxm8JcPJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan\/status\/913749212482772995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/mbErel.aspx?relid=170055\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> puts on record the stand of the Ministry on the issue:<\/p>\n<p><em>Diwali is an integral part of our rich tradition and a festival that embodies joy and happiness.\u00a0 In recent times, the pattern of celebration has changed somewhat and has got associated with excessive bursting of crackers, which contributes significantly to air and noise pollution.\u00a0 As a result, there has been a significant impact on the environment and health of the people.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As has been the experience in the past few years, airborne pollution has been rising above safe limits during winter in many cities.\u00a0 The excessive burning of crackers during Diwali aggravates the problem.\u00a0 The pollution levels in Delhi last year, especially post Diwali, reached such levels that the government had to declare an emergency situation, which had socio-economic consequences like closing down of schools, construction sites and power stations<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5981\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali-696x365.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali-1068x561.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harsh-vardhan-hari-diwali.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Union Minister for Science &amp; Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest &amp; Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launching the \u0093Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali\u0092 campaign, in New Delhi on August 17, 2017. (Courtesy: PIB)<br \/>The Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ajay Narayan Jha and other dignitaries are also seen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ministry also highlighted the issue of pollution in relation to the FIFA U-17 World Cup. <em>\u201cIt is an important occasion and a matter for pride for India.\u00a0 It is important for us to ensure that there is no inconvenience caused in the conduct of the event and our national image is protected and enhanced.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A host of activities and competitions were planned to promote Green Diwali among school children. These included stickers\/logo distribution, poster competition, advertisement on public transport systems, public appeal using Radio\/FM, involving industry associations and other stakeholders.\u00a0 An online competition was also planned on the theme \u2018Pollution Free Diwali\u2019.\u00a0 The best of these clips were planned to be used officially to promote the theme across the country. A poster-making competition was run by the <a href=\"http:\/\/envfor.nic.in\/tenders-advertisements\/harit-diwali-swasth-diwali-poster-making-competition-entires-should-reach-150\" target=\"_blank\">ministry on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"harit-diwali-posters\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters-696x419.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters-1068x644.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters-697x420.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/harit-diwali-posters.jpg 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The campaign promised to reach out to each and every school.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We shall reach out to each and every school in the town so as to get the school kids to inspire all for a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GreenDiwali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GreenDiwali<\/a> campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vz9qvacaAS\">pic.twitter.com\/vz9qvacaAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan\/status\/900774267381403648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Minister\u2019s tweets also highlight the impact of firecrackers on environment and health of people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crackers contribute significantly to air &amp; noise pollution. As a result, there&#39;s been significant impact on environment &amp; health of the ppl. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/10pCe9jmTE\">pic.twitter.com\/10pCe9jmTE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan\/status\/898255729831821312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keeping all these in mind, I believe we must change the way we celebrate Diwali ; help reduce air and noise pollution and other ill effects. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q2CZgGCI4W\">pic.twitter.com\/q2CZgGCI4W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drharshvardhan\/status\/898256558118780928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite his well documented views regarding the issue of fire crackers and pollution, Dr Harsh Vardhan has quietly deleted his recent tweets after the Supreme Court ban fearing the wrath of the trolls. The stand of the Union government via the Harit Diwali initiative of the ministry is clear. Central Pollution Control Board&#8217;s support for the temporary ban also reflects Union government&#8217;s stand on this issue. Why then have the minister and the government stepped back once the debate got heated? Where are the senior voices of the government in support of their own Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali campaign? Isn\u2019t it time that those who were reaching out to \u201ceach and every school in town\u201d also make an effort to reach out to calm their supporters\u2019 reactions on social media or are trolls going to decide the policies of this Government? Dr Harsh Vardhan by deleting his tweets has taken a U-turn on an initiative that he has been leading for many months now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWelcome decision by the SC on ban of firecrackers sales in NCR. Comes as a huge support for my #GreenDiwali initiative for our environment,\u201d tweeted Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union minister for environment, forest and climate change on hearing of the Supreme Court ban on the sale of firecrackers in NCR. 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