1. HOLI
AND ITS EFFECTS!!
--Vaishnavi Inamdar

2. COLOURS
• Glass powder in green color:
Green color is made of copper sulphate, silver is made of
aluminum bromide and black is made of lead oxide. Glass powder
is added in these colors to make more bright. And if copper
sulphate contacts with eyes then it may cause allergy in eyes and
blindness.
• Black color may affect kidney:
Lead oxide in black color may cause renal failure means a reason of
failing the kidneys and also stops the learning capacity of a person.
• Purple color may cause Asthma:
Purple color includes chromium iodide that causes Bronchial
Asthma and allergy.
• Silver and red
Silver and red color include aluminum bromide that may cause
cancer while red color has mercury sulphide that causes skin cancer

3. A renal failure patient, skin cancer,
asthma and eye infections.

4. HOW TO OVERCOME THESE?
• Eco- friendly colors:
instead of using these chemical colors we should use
home made Eco-friendly colors those are made with
powder of flowers.
• Those cheap colors that you use can help your
pocket in the short span but can cause you 100’s of
problems In the long run.
• 

5. WATER WASTAGE
• more than 60% of Maharashtra is fighting for
there life without water. This year 15 districts
and 100+talukas of Maharashtra are facing
droughts.
• There- are places in Maharashtra where
people get water once in 10 days.
• A individual wastes more than 200 ltrs of
water per holi.
• People are dying for water.

6. People trying to find water, person in a
deserted area.

7. HOW TO HELP?
• Limit the use of water: Ensure you do not waste water
unnecessarily. Measure the quantity of water you want to use to
play with and store it. Resist your temptations to use more water
and stick to the limit or quantity of water you stored to play with.
• Use natural colors: Herbal colors are safe and are easily washable.
Apply oil on your hair before stepping out to play. Even if you do
end up getting color in your tresses, a single wash can be enough to
make your hair color-free.
• Say No to water balloons: There has been some environmental
concern as they don’t biodegrade or shred, they can cause harm to
wildlife and the effect of litter on the environment.
• While playing Holi, wear old dark colored clothes, so cleaning
them does not need too much water and effort.

8. Other everyday ways
a) Do not let taps running while brushing, shaving,
bathing etc. Use the water when required.
b) Try to wash your vehicles alternately or weekly –
there are people who don’t even get water to drink
c) Use buckets of water instead of running pipes to
water your plants, utensils and sensitise your maids as
well.
d) Keep a small bowl of water in your balcony for the
birds and small animals. They don’t have taps in nests
e) Last and not the least, try not to waste water
during Holi this year. A celebration of nation cannot be
done over the bodies of citizens.

9. DEATHS
The five students went to the Sarikonda lake
for a post-revelry swim and drowned while
cavorting in deep water. Locals alerted the
police who organised a frantic search but only
found the bodies of Mohammed Imran,
Mohammed Afroz, Ahmed, Mohammed
Toseef and B Madhu.

10. • Holi revelry went awry and triggered a clash
between two groups at Sadashivpet in
Sangareddy. Four people were hospitalised with
stab injuries in this incident. Police said a
motorcyclist Prakash was intercepted on his
vehicle and pulled into revelry against his wish.
• Irritated, he called three of his friends -- Krishna,
Saikumar and Sivakumar -- to his aid. The four
men received stab injuries in the quarrel and
were hospitalised in a serious condition.

11. • In Karimnagar, three young men drowned in
separate incidents in a canal of the Sriramsagar
project. Nalgonda native and veterinary college
student Saikiran Reddy, 20, went to the canal
near Yakinpura on the outskirts of Korutla to
bathe along with his friends. He drowned while
swimming but his body was not yet found. A sales
officer Boina Tirupathi (25) drowned in the canal
at Alugunoor in Thimmapur mandal. The third
SRSP casualty was of Ajju, 23, who was swimming
in the canal when he drowned.

12. • Two other Holi deaths were reported from Sircilla
mandal in Karimnagar district: Amabadasu 30,
and V Santosh, 28, both drowned in a well.
• Holi fatalities were reported from Hyderabad.
These included a nine-year-old boy Manoj, who
slipped into a well at Janapriyanagar in Miyapur.
In the other accident, Ameen was swimming in a
lake in Kukatpally, when he drowned

13. • A 35-year-old man and his daughter were
hospitalised with serious injures when their
motorcycle ran into a vehicle head on. B
Ramesh and Preethi were taken to the Gandhi
General Hospital where their condition was
stated to be serious.

14. • In Guntur district, a 25-year-old man
celebrating Holi died on the spot when he he
run over by a truck at Durgi.
• In Medak district, three persons drowned
while washing up after Holi. Nagaraju, 25,
resident of Andole, ventured into deep waters
of the Manjeera river. Two others, Raju, 30,
and Srinivas, also drowned while swimming in
the river.

15. • At least four youngsters died in guwahati in
separate accidents during the Holi
celebrations on Thursday and Friday. The
Kamrup district topped the chart in the road
accidents with 25 accidents on Thursday. The
state registered a total 179 cases of road
accidents in the last 48 hours.

16. • Drive safely.
• Don’t drink bhang and drive.
• Do not go into deep water just for a days fun.
• Not just accidents, but the colors and other
health problems can also kill you.
• You don’t care about your life, fine. Don’t take
someone else's life.

18. Animals
• People put on colors on animals brutally.
• You want to enjoy and hurt yourself, do it.
Don’t force another innocent soul to.
• Dogs and other animals get really affected by
the colors. They go blind, and get many health
problems.

19. What to do?
• Leave the animals alone!!
• If you see someone hurting them, ask them to
stop…it is your duty.

20. Conclusion
• As a citizen of India…as a human being living
on the fast degrading earth…it is your prime
duty to save the world..it is your prime duty to
care. There are many people who are dying for
a drop of water. Many who are suffering
problems due to all types of pollutions. And
many, yet to come who will have to pay for
what we are doing.

21. • You cannot escape from your duty by saying
that you enjoy only once a year or just you
playing dry holi is not gonna change anything
because all the other people are “already”
wasting water.
• These are the most rubbish excuses you are
making. You doing is right, makes it right! If
you don’t start taking responsibility, who
will??

22. • I regret playing Holi this year. I tried to adjust
with all your views. I am sorry that I got cranky
and ruined at least a few minutes of your holi
celebration. I learnt that I cannot force
anyone, even if I think that I have the right to
on some people I love.
• I hope that you also learn something, and
change. Even a little change, can be a life giver.
• Somebody somewhere will be happy and
alive if you change your perception.

23. • I care for you. I have not experienced any loss
in my life and I don’t even want to. It hurts
when I think of loosing you or just think of you
in pain. But, I cant do anything for it. I want
you to save yourself.

24. Health effects and our mother earth in danger

25. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-
24/pune/37980744_1_water-wastage-holi
• http://www.smstroop.com/tag/holi-problems/-acute-water-
shortage
• http://www.commonfloor.com/guide/save-water-on-this-holi-
festival-1176.html
• http://www.sagmart.com/newsdetails/Harmful-effects-of-
colors-used-in-Holi
• http://www.facebook.com/worldforall?ref=ts&fref=ts
• The conclusion is written by me, they are my personal views.

26. Take responsibility.
thank you.