"Thirty per cent lesser firecrackers were burst in Delhi this Diwali, people are becoming aware", said the environment minister.
October 25, 2022Despite a complete ban on firecrackers in the national capital, the Fire Department received as many as 201 calls during Diwali, officials said on Tuesday.
October 25, 2022According to the police, the accused identified as Rishi, a 27-year-old resident of Shiv Ram Park, and Amit, 28, from Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad, had procured the firecrackers from Rohtak, Haryana, and were selling them in Delhi.
October 20, 2022Amid rising air pollution and ahead of Diwali, the city government has announced a ban on the storage, sale, and bursting of crackers in Delhi.
October 19, 2022This ban will remain in force in Delhi till January 1, 2023, so that the people of Delhi can be relieved from the problem of pollution caused by the burning of firecrackers.
September 7, 2022He said the situation would be brought under control with the sprinkling of water in the city, beginning today.
November 6, 2021He said the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) had issued instructions to the Delhi Police and the SDMs to maintain a 24-hour vigil to prevent pollution caused by firecrackers with a special focus on the situation in the border areas of the city.
November 3, 2021While most of the manufacturing and storage units in Delhi have been shut, the violators bought firecrackers in huge quantities from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, said police.
November 3, 2021While issuing the Covid guidelines for the month of November, the government said the graded unlocking will be on from 5 AM of November 1, 2021, till 5 AM of December 1, 2021. There will be no weekend curfew.
November 1, 2021The bursting of firecrackers under the prevalent pandemic crisis is not favorable for the cause of larger community health given the significant relationship between air pollution and respiratory infections.
October 1, 2021Pollution levels and virus loads have been rising in these towns as well, and it is incumbent on authorities to address the problem holistically.
November 19, 2020The tribunal has also said that nationwide, the ban will also be applicable to cities and towns where the average ambient air quality in November last year was poor or worse.
November 9, 2020Delhi's pollution skyrocketed after Diwali. The air quality has reached to 'severe' category for the first time this season.
October 28, 2019The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitoring service, SAFAR, had earlier predicted that the city's overall air quality index (AQI) would enter the 'severe' category between 1 am and 6 am on Monday.
October 28, 2019Event organisers will require prior permission of the Dubai Police and Dubai Municipality before using the firecrackers.
October 26, 2019It is suspected that people are trapped under debris.
February 23, 2019Beijing has decided to reduce the number of stores selling fireworks and firecrackers from around 80 to 30.
January 14, 2019