The Gurukul, Panchkula, is celebrating Diwali with a distinction this yr. It is encouraging its college students to say ‘Yes to Crackers’, albeit seed crackers!

The Gurukul has procured particular handcrafted seed crackers. These conventional trying bombs crackers – Anar’, ‘Chakri’, ‘Pataka’ and ‘Hawaai’ –have seeds of vegetation equivalent to marigold, basil, sunflower in them and are fabricated from handmade paper, which is 100% biodegradable. These crackers don’t add to both noise or air air pollution, in contrast to dangerous like firecrackers. Besides, they don’t burn a gap within the pockets of fogeys. In truth, every seed cracker is a possible plant which could be simply grown in a planter or backyard space.

Each cracker incorporates a seed and a few manure. The cracker needs to be damaged into two components. The outer masking, which is totally biodegradable ought to be put in a pit ready for sowing the plant and lined with a little bit unfastened soil. Then the contents, the seed and manure, are to be emptied into the pit and lined with remainder of the unfastened soil. This needs to be watered and stored moist until it sprouts. Students had been taught the best way to plant these progressive crackers to have a protected, inexperienced and eco-friendly Diwali.

Sanjay Thareja, director, The Gurukul, mentioned, “It is the role of the educational institutes to groom students under their care into responsible, sensitive and proactive individuals.”