Mumbai Air Pollution is being compounded by routine breaches of festival noise and firecracker curbs, the Bombay High Court has said, directing the Commissioner of Police to brief every police station head, frame a Standard Operating Procedure and file an affidavit. Mumbai: Three bodies have been pulled up by the Bombay High Court, the Mumbai […]
The wheels of the official machinery are turning too slowly, the Bombay High Court has said, finding that its firecracker ban is routinely violated at processions and that police station heads in Mumbai may not know of its orders; the Commissioner of Police must brief every station and file an affidavit. Mumbai: Unhappy with how […]
The Supreme Court has been told that issues on the firecracker ban in Delhi-NCR are pending before different Benches, raising the possibility of conflicting orders, and the Chief Justice of India has said the MC Mehta matter will be listed on Monday. New Delhi: The Supreme Court was told that overlapping issues on the ban […]
The Supreme Court has said it will neither impose a complete firecracker ban nor permit unrestricted use, accepted the Centre’s recommendation to allow joint firecrackers with limits on shell number, size and intervals between bursts, deferred the barium question in Generation 2 green crackers to October 15, and left Delhi-NCR to be raised before the CJI-led MC Mehta bench.
The Bombay High Court, in a suo motu PIL on festival noise and pollution, has directed a total ban on the bursting of firecrackers during festivities, and issued a detailed set of measures to control loudspeaker noise, decibel-measurement meters at every venue and procession, undertakings and forfeitable security deposits from organisers, ward-wise assessment before permissions are granted, and seizure of equipment on violation. The directions are to be enforced during the current festive season.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that farm fires in Punjab are not the only reason behind Delhi’s air pollution problem during winter. While these farm fires do contribute to the city’s air quality issues, the Court directed the Punjab government to work with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to find better ways of managing agricultural waste.
The Supreme Court Today (Dec 12) directed Delhi government and other National Capital Region (NCR) States – Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan – to take a final call on prohibiting the use of firecrackers throughout the year. A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih asked the states to place their decisions on record before the top court. “The ban is required not only to curb the air pollution but noise pollution as well”: Apex Court added.
