DSGMC ISSUES APPEAL FOR A CRACKERFREE GURPURB

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has appealed to the Sikhs in the national capital region (NCR) and adjoining areas not to indulge in fireworks on the occasion of Gurpurb, birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, that falls on November 4 this year.

“Like previous years, we will have cracker-free Gurpurb this year. Festivities will include lighting lamps and helping the poor,” Manjinder Singh Sirsa, spokesperson of SAD and general secretary, DSGMC.

The appeal comes close on the heels of pollution levels soaring across Delhi due to fireworks this Diwali despite a Supreme Court ban on sale of crackers. The community also celebrated Diwali on Thursday without fireworks, Sirsa, the SAD-BJP MLA from Rajouri Garden said.

For the Sikh community, Diwali assumes significance as it celebrates Bandi Chhod Divas or ‘Prisoner Release Day’, marking the release from prison of the sixth guru, Guru Hargobind, and 52 others in 1619.

“Apart from appealing to the general public, we will involve schoolchildren to generate awareness on environment and pollution,” he said.

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