This is to inform all of you who argued that fireworks are banned only during Diwali, that fireworks are banned for New Year’s Eve and Christmas too! The Central Pollution Control Board has written to authorities in Noida and Ghaziabad, Delhi and NCR asking them to restrict bursting of unauthorized firecrackers in compliance with the Supreme Court ban, even during Christmas and New Year.
On October 23, the Supreme Court had ruled that people in the country can burst firecrackers from 8 pm to 10 pm on Diwali, permitting the sale and manufacture of only low-emission ‘green’ firecrackers countrywide. For Christmas and New Year, cracker bursting has been allowed for 11.45pm to 12.45am.
The order clearly mentioned that only “green firecrackers” (those not containing barium salts) will be sold in Delhi-NCR, and that chain firecrackers (laris) be banned. However, green crackers are not available in the market yet and Diwali saw the violation of the order all over Delhi-NCR.
That being said, we know how Diwali went down. So maybe we don’t wait for the government to tell us that the air quality is deteriorating. Maybe we act as responsible citizens and be good to mother earth.
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