Jan Andolan Diwali organized by Salam Namaste Community Radio

 Community Radio Salaam Namaste celebrated an S-M-S Diwali with Community this year. Spreading a message of safe and healthy festivals to the community, as suggested by  Honorable Prime Minister to celebrate"Jana Andolan" in which the community is advised to follow Covid appropriate behaviors during festivals. In the Health awareness Radio Programs Dr. Sheenu Sanjeev, director of Healthify Solutions, advised abstaining from eating outside during the festivals this year. Stay at Home much as you can, do not eat deep-fried eateries, do not burst firecrackers as they do not also cause pollution but also are the reason for the difficulty in breathing which again is a symptom of the corona. She advised all to celebrate healthy and Corona free festivals. People from all sections of the community participated through various competitions by Salaam Namaste, in which new interesting

and different ways were shared to celebrate the festivals this time like eating healthy food, making sweets at home,

Eco-friendly decoration, artistic decoration, decorating the lamps, recycling old waste,

Digital gift-giving, making masks from old clothes, etc. The New Green and Corona Safe Diwali idea was shared by the community.

 Sanvi Baranwal, Charan Kaur, Riya Khandelwal, Devrat Seth, Devika, Tavishi Talwar, Preetika Bhat, Tijil Kaur Bedi were some of the participants. 

 All the children shared their interesting suggestions in the competition with the radio,

Salaam Namaste's station head Barsha Chabaria shared that our Community radio is continuously spreading awareness in our community in this festival season to celebrate adhering to S-M-S .S for Sanitizing M for Mask and S for Social distancing. The Community is advised to be a little extra careful during these festivals as Corona scare is still around all of us. As a mass movement, we all should celebrate Healthy, Happy, and Corona Safe Festivals together.