Bengaluru: Much against the High Court order to ensure only green crackers are sold this Diwali, regular crackers were sold in many places.
However, due to the Covid-19, the number of buyers and the quantity of buying has come down drastically. Similarly, eye injuries due to the cracker bursting also came down drastically.
Every year large number pf children were being treated at the Minto ophthalmic hospital at the time of deepavali. This year also a special ward was set up to treat the children with eye injuries.
What is to be noted is that seven children were admitted to the state-run Minto Hospital over the last three days due to eye injuries caused due to cracker bursting.
The number is very less in other eye hospitals across the city.
According to the police sources, this year the number of accidents is less as a majority of parents didn’t buy the crackers due to the ban.
“The awareness level is also very high now. Parents don’t allow the children to burst the crackers,” explained a police officer.
