Despite the ban, firecrackers burst on a large scale causing high pollution in Delhi

Residents experienced breathing problems

Editorial Comments

• What was the Police doing at that time, did they go blind and deaf ? If firecrackers were burst despite the ban; it means the ban was just eyewash.
• It is evident from this that the Government has fallen short in explaining to the public the ill effects and harm caused by bursting firecrackers.
• If there was a ban on bursting crackers, then why there was no ban on those selling firecrackers in Delhi ? If firecrackers had not been available to the general public, then bursting them would have been controlled, why the Government did not realise this ?

New Delhi – People are finding it difficult to breathe due to the alarming rise in the pollution level due to the bursting of crackers on Diwali night in the capital Delhi. Delhi had banned the use of polluting crackers during Diwali; even so, polluting firecrackers were used at many places in Delhi. Due to this, the quality of air has drastically fallen. This quality is expected to go down further in the coming days. On 5th November morning, a fog-like situation was created due to the smoke of firecrackers. It was dark and nothing was clear even at a distance of 200 meters.

NASA fore map confirms that stubble burning has already reached its peak, which is the major reason for air pollution in the NCR regionhttps://t.co/7X4KTcSrb0

— OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) November 5, 2021

The ‘Air Quality Coordinates’ (AQI) in Delhi’s Janpath area has reached a hazardous level. The Air Quality Index for the entire Delhi has reached the ‘very poor’ category with 446 AQI. Likewise, the situation in Noida and Ghaziabad was very serious. Many people in the city complained of sore throats and watery eyes.

BJP on Friday hit back at Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai for blaming the party for bursting of firecrackers by people on Diwali despite a ban, and alleged that the Kejriwal govt has failed to curb air pollutionhttps://t.co/iJ3MjFMn7Y

— Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) November 5, 2021

According to the Central Government’s estimate, the air quality will not improve till 7th November.