Illegal cracker sale goes full blast
The Hindu
SC order favouring only ‘green’ crackers not enforced
Enforcement has gone for a toss when it comes to control of polluting firecrackers in the city on Deepavali, as witnessed by the unrestrained purchase and sale of environmentally-hazardous crackers going on in full swing everywhere.
Supreme Court directions in 2017 and 2018 favouring ‘green crackers’ and banning use of regular crackers with hazardous particulate matter have gone unheeded, not only by the manufacturers, vendors and buyers, but also by the enforcement authorities, including GHMC and the police.
If the apex court’s directions are implemented in word and spirit, literally all the station house officers in the city will have to be held liable for contempt of court!
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