The quality of air is not improving in the city of Delhi. Despite a court warning the bursting of crackers is not being stopped in Delhi.
The court suggested that the crackers should be banned on a permanent basis.
The Supreme Court on Monday had sharp words for Delhi Police and demanded “immediate action” to stop the sale and bursting of firecrackers in the city – an annual activity that defies an existing
ban – even days after Diwali, observing sharply that “no religion encourages pollution”.
“No religion encourages any activity which creates pollution. If firecrackers are burst in this fashion… it also affects fundamental right to health of the citizens,” a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih, hearing a case on Delhi’s yearly air quality crisis, said.
The court also demanded the Delhi government take a decision on a permanent ban on firecrackers – the chemical residue of which blankets the city in cloud of toxic smog that smothers residents and severely endangers their health – in the city by November 25.
