Asansol’s AQI in ‘Very Poor’, Durgapur records moderate levels during Diwali
Air pollution levels in Asansol have reached an alarming high, while Durgapur’s air quality remains comparatively better.
Air pollution levels in Asansol have reached an alarming high, while Durgapur’s air quality remains comparatively better.
Despite restrictions and time limits imposed by the administration, the city reverberated with the deafening sound of firecrackers well past midnight on Diwali night, defying the law and repeated appeals for restraint.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday was 268, up from 254 on Friday and 245 on Thursday.
Carrying dangerous goods such as firecrackers, gas cylinders, acid, petrol, kerosene or similar inflammable materials in trains is strictly prohibited under the Railways Act, 1989, and offenders are liable to imprisonment of up to three years.
She said it also reflects a balanced approach towards environmental protection.
The police have registered a case under section 288 (negligence conduct with explosive substance) BNS and 9B of Explosive Act-1884.
Commenting on the ban on firecrackers, BJP's state unit president Virendra Sachdeva said on Monday that the Kejriwal Government is taking the same old eyewash steps it has been taking from time to time to contain pollution in the city.
A police Havildar was killed on Friday while defusing explosive substances near Kathajodi river bank on the outskirts of Cuttack city, a senior police official said.
A firecracker show as part of a religious festival in Odisha’s Puri pilgrim town turned fatal with reports of three deaths and injuries to several others in the fire mishap.
The environment minister reiterated his appeal to the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to deploy teams on the eastern and western peripheries to facilitate the redirection of buses and trucks onto alternative routes.
