Green Crackers, 2-Hour Windows: How To Celebrate Diwali This Year
By Ritika Jain Ahead of the Diwali festivities, the Supreme Court extended its ban on barium-made fireworks across all states to curb air pollution. On November 7, the top court clarified that there is “no total ban on the use of firecrackers” and “only those firecrackers” that are injurious to health “are banned”. “…this Court in the course of dealing with the petition, has passed several orders where the steps have been indicated to minimize and to avoid air as well as noise pollution. Hence, the said orders would bind every State in this country…,” the Supreme Court’s order read. Earlier th...