THE crackdown on pollution has begun on all fronts in Delhi. Its environment minister, Gopal Rai, has said that the state government, keeping in view that Diwali is approaching, had decided to allow only the use, manufacture and sale of “green crackers” in accordance with a 2018 order of the Supreme Court. Rai further said that the government would form 11 “anticracker squads” and “anti-cracker campaigns” from November 3, which would continue even after Diwali. The government also warned manufacturers and sellers of strict action if stocks other than green crackers were recovered.
It all began in 2017, when three children filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a countrywide ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of firecrackers. The petitioners, invoking the fundamental right to clear air under Article 21, cited the ill-effects of firecrackers on the environment and public health.
The apex court passed an interim order directing a temporary ban on sale of firecrackers during Diwali. Thereafter, an application was filed by traders seeking permission to allow them to sell crackers for at least a day or two before Diwali. The Court, however, dismissed the application and said that the temporary ban was instituted to observe the effect of firecrackers on pollution levels in Delhi.
In October 2018, a bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, reviewing its earlier order, refused to impose a nationwide blanket ban on sale of firecrackers. The Court instead allowed only the use of green firecrackers which are within permitted decibel limits and emission norms.
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