Firecrackers Ban

Delhi Police seizes 3,500 kg of firecrackers from various parts of city, arrests 26 persons for storing them without licence

Authorities predict the air quality in Delhi to worsen during Diwali as they say burning firecrackers will spike air pollution to 'very severe' levels.

Supreme Court verdict on ban on firecrackers 'unacceptable', says BJP's Chintamani Malviya

The BJP MP further asserted that he will burst crackers only when he finishes his Diwali rituals and not during the time stipulated by the Supreme Court

Supreme Court's decision banning sale of fire crackers a knee-jerk reaction to a serious problem

How will one day's crackers change pollution levels? And why limit such genius solutions to just the capital when it is demonstrably true that the issue of air pollution and pollution in general is one that affects all of India?

After SC verdict in Delhi, Chhattisgarh govt bans high decibel firecrackers during Diwali

The Chhattisgarh government has imposed a ban on the use of firecrackers with high decibels and those highly contributing to air pollution during Diwali.