New Delhi, September 21: For first time in national capital people will witness an exhibition to muster support for imposition of complete ban on Hookah Bars in Delhi. This exhibition is being organized by Delhi MLA and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) General Secretary S. Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
Sirsa disclosed that this exhibition will be open for public on 22 September, 2017 at 11.00 am at Connaught Place near Palika Bazar New Delhi. He said that in the exhibition will display the ill effects of smoking hookah and its main motive is to get enforced a complete ban on Hookah Bars in Delhi. He said he was dedicating this exhibition to young Gurpreet Singh who gave his life while opposing the smoking in public places in Delhi.
He further said that Hookah smoking is far more dangerous than the cigarette smoking. In one session a smoker can inhale the equivalent of the smoke from 150 cigarettes. He said that youngsters in the age group of 13-15 were worst hit by Hookah addiction and it was most unfortunate that 2500 Indians are daily falling in death trap because of this addiction. He said that Haryana and Punjab have already imposed ban on Hookah bars in their states.
He also disclosed that eminent personalities of the society including General JJ Singh former chief of Indian Army, Sh. Manoj Tiwari MP and President BJP Delhi, KTS Tulsi Advocate and MP, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma MP, S. Manjit Singh GK President DSGMC, Mahesh Giri MP, Vikramjit Singh Sahney Padma Sri, Anjana Om Kashyap journalist have decides to launch the campaign against Hookah bars in Delhi and support this cause.
Sirsa said that motive of the exhibition is get make people aware about the ill effects of this addiction and mobilize support to press the government to enforce ban on Hookah bars in the national capital.
