India, Oct. 25 -- A Mumbai-based advocate has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking urgent intervention to address the alarming rise in environmental and health hazards caused by carbide-based firecrackers and post-festival pollution across India.

In his complaint filed on Friday, advocate Hitendra Gandhi urged the commission to issue comprehensive safeguards and formulate national guidelines to protect the environment and all living beings from the recurring fallout of unregulated firecracker use during festivals such as Diwali, Christmas, Eid, and New Year.

"The same distressing consequences return year after year with polluted air, deafening noise, injured children and animals, and trees shrouded in soot," Ga...