{"id":328467,"date":"2020-11-09T05:34:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T05:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328467"},"modified":"2020-11-09T05:48:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T05:48:42","slug":"ngt-bans-sale-and-use-of-all-kinds-of-firecrackers-in-delhi-ncr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/ngt-bans-sale-and-use-of-all-kinds-of-firecrackers-in-delhi-ncr\/","title":{"rendered":"NGT bans sale and use of all kinds of firecrackers in Delhi NCR, other places with &#8216;poor&#8217; air quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/delhi-police-seizes-625-kg-of-old-firecrackers-from-sadar-bazar\/crackers\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305084\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-305084 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/crackers-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/crackers-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/crackers.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday pronounced a total ban against sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in Delhi NCR from midnight today till November 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In its order, NGT has ordered a ban on firecrackers in places where air quality is in\u00a0&#8216;poor&#8217; and &#8216;above&#8217; category across India in a bid to protect people from the air pollution amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The order further stated that the cities\/towns where air quality is \u2018moderate\u2019 or below, only green crackers be sold and the timings for use and bursting of crackers be restricted to two hours during festivals, like Diwali, Chatt, New Year\/Christmas Eve etc., as may be specified by the concerned State, added NGT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As the COVID-19 situation is worsening in the National Capital due to rising air pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 5, announced a ban on Firecrackers in Delhi ahead of Diwali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Kejriwal said, \u201cif we burst crackers, we are playing with the lives of our families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cPlease don\u2019t burst crackers this time. On November 14, 7.39 pm onwards, all 2 crores Delhi citizens will perform Laxmi Puja together. I along with the ministers will begin \u2018Laxmi Puja\u2019 which will be telecast live on TV,\u201d Arvind Kejriwal said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Delhi on Monday morning witnessed heavy smog as the air quality remained in the \u2018severe category\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">According to reports, the Air Quality Index (AQI) is at 472 in the \u2018severe\u2019 category at ITO. Whereas, AQI is at 449 in Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">AQI is at 484 in Anand Vihar, 470 in Mundka, 465 Okhla Phase 2 and 468 in Wazirpur, all in \u2018severe category\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday pronounced a total ban against sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in Delhi NCR from midnight today till November 30. In its order, NGT has ordered a ban on firecrackers in places where air quality is in\u00a0&#8216;poor&#8217; and &#8216;above&#8217; category across India in a bid to protect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":305084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2009,2014],"tags":[1409,9515,9719],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328472,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328467\/revisions\/328472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}