Anti Tobacco Day

    Every year on 31st May, World observe Anti Tobacco day, but using tobacco by human beings in any form whether through cigarettes or directly (chewing), it the cause of diseases like Cancer of mouth, lungs, throat; heart diseases, even pregnant women who smoke, delivers 3 million handicap kids, tobacco is so much harmful in any form that celebrating one day is not enough and it will not prove desire results by hosting seminars on that day and delivering lectures by doctors, on to tobacco effects to present public in the seminars. To get result, if society is sincere then by some innovative movements, stringent law and heavy punishment on both categories of persons user and producers of tobacco products like steeply increase price by reshuffling tax slabs, heavy fine on to user and no doubt on the way it will have to face obstacles from tobacco lobby.
    Indian Government on 2nd October, 2008 ban on smoking in public places like restaurants, Bus Stands, Railway Stations, Hospitals and if anybody found guilty violating the law then he/she will be charge with fine of two hundred rupees, but as per some intellectuals minimal fine is not enough to keep citizen away from smoking, below coded some measures can make anti tobacco campaign successful –

• Cigarettes and Tobacco products should impose with heavy tax duty from present, to three to four fold more, so that prices of tobacco products increase sharply.
• Children below the age of 18 should not allow to use tobacco products, if found guilty then they should be punish with heavy cash fine.
• Punishment of using tobacco products in public places should be fine with minimum 5,000 rupees and also add provision of non bail able jail of some days.
• Ban on the advertisement of tobacco products in print and electronics media.
• Ban of selling tobacco products, around two kilometer radius of educational institutions.
• Public figures especially cricketers and actors should use tobacco products with cautiously, especially when the camera’s eye are on, its example is that when IPL season III ,was under proceedings, then a picture publish of Shane Warn smoking, as for cricketers and bollywood stars people in India are crazy, so they should be beware while smoking.

Country like India, if a person becomes victim of disease, because of using tobacco, then cost of treatment is so much costly that it is not affordable by average Indian, as in India more then seventy five percent people are living without health insurance. To make awareness among user, effect on to body, then documentary or short film of ten minutes produce by heath ministry, and make it mandatory for electronics channels to air it throughout day minimum six times after the gap of four hours in a day, which should have victim of tobacco user as central character.

Scorching Heat

     This year north India, is under intense heat wave even in the month of May, and mercury had touched 50 Degree Celsius in some parts, although from March onwards until June month period is of summer, but the way, this year summer season recording new levels then its really very horrifying feeling to think of June month and what will be summer season’s highest levels in the month of June this year? Increasing mercury accompany with power cuts and it effect on to the supply of water. Different experts have their different views somebody are blaming rising mercury because of global warming, somebody are blaming reducing number of rain forest area on the earth, somebody are blaming for human interference with nature, but as far Metrology department is concern it has come up with pleasing predictions for rain this year and declare that this year monsoon will be normal in country, which is a satisfying announcement for farmers, common people and government as last years lot of parts of country gets very less rainfall and government declared draught which resulted less yield of crops and ultimately people of country grind under inflation whose impact till date not over and government hoping for good monsoon this year so that good crops hit the market, it will help to control inflation, but the way till date, last five months of this year gone, with less rain which is also one of the reason of increasing mercury, people are still scared for less rain, and if we go through the stats of rain until the month of April then it prove they are little bit correct, perhaps we are going towards one more season with less rain –

• Punjab – 0.4 millimeter – should had been 12.1 millimeter
• Haryana – 0.2 millimeter – should had been 6.9 millimeter
• Chandigarh – 3.7 millimeter – should had been 15 millimeter

and if we believe on the above figures then metrology department prediction of normal rainfall appears impossible and news is coming that some crops like cotton is badly effective by intense heat wave. Till date because of scorching heat wave one hundred and fifty persons lost their lives, which includes five army personals and civilian who lost their lives in other areas are two each in Amritsar and Pathankot areas and seventy five persons lost their lives in Andhra Pradesh. Temperature which recorded highest in some areas, in the month of May, are below coded –

• Andhra Pradesh (Ramgundam) – 46 Degree Celsius
• Amritsar – 47.6 Degree Celsius
• Chandigarh – 40.4 Degree Celsius
• Sriganga Nagar – 49.3 Degree Celsius
• Shimla – 32.4 Degree Celsius
• Srinagar – 26.8 Degree Celsius

Everybody are now looking towards sky for rain, hoping and wishing for good rainfall in coming days, otherwise last year’s draught had given very bad and bitter experience not only to Indians but its impact felt across India, because of less yield in every crops, till date prices of essential commodities are not in the control of government and they are buying time from public by giving them false hope after sometime that they will control the inflation soon and even recently prime minister declare that till the end of this year they will control inflation, but if we go through the chart of prices of essential commodities then they are going towards south direction, it appear that government has not plan B in case of less rainfall to relieve their countrymen as they will be sufferer, it mean that highest temperature by no mean good for country and less rainfall will add insult to injury, hopefully Metrology department predications will be right of normal monsoon in the country.