Delhi news: Green cracker merchants approached the High Court assailing the ban imposed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee on the sale and use of all kinds of firecrackers in the city during the upcoming months.
In an order issued on September 30, the state government had banned the sale and use of firecrackers from October 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022 in view of the danger posed to patients of COVID-19 and other diseases by their toxic fumes.
The bursting of firecrackers under prevalent pandemic crisis is not favourable for cause of larger community health given the significant relationship between air pollution and respiratory infections, the order said.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday announced that the sale and bursting of firecrackers will be banned in 13 districts, located in or near National Capital Region, from midnight November 9 to midnight November 30.
The decision of banning firecrackers in Delhi has left shopkeepers in trouble in the national capital.
Air pollution in the national capital and its surrounding regions spiked drastically on Monday, a day after people bursted firecrackers to "challenge the darkness" as a sign of participation in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for switching off lights and lighting diyas and lamps to fight against coronavirus crisis.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to probe the allegations that Tamil Nadu-based firecracker manufacturers have been using 'Barium Nitrate' in production of 'green crackers' despite its order banning the harmful chemical.
Fireworks on Diwali night played an "overwhelming" role in the rapid deterioration of air quality in Delhi-NCR, a Centre for Science and Environment report showed Tuesday.
The changeover to green crackers after extensive experiments marks revival of the industry which has over 1,000 manufacturing units around Sivakasi and used to clock an annual turnover of over Rs 6,000 crore.
The people in Tamil Nadu would be permitted to to burst firecrackers between the specified time slots on Diwali in line with the Supreme Court directive, said a government release.
The situation was similar, if not worse, in the neighbouring regions of Delhi such as Gurugram, Noida and Ghaziabad, where crackers were burst as usual, raising question marks on the efficacy of the administration in enforcing the apex court's ban.
The apex court had given its first order on November 11, 2016 banning the sale of firecrackers till further orders. Licences issued to shopkeepers were suspended.
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