Gurgaon: The Council of Polutionary Control of the State of Harmana (HSPCB) on Tuesday direct all 14 NCR districts in the state to impose a ban on sales and firecrackers with direct effects.
Orders are in accordance with the instructions issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Supreme Court for restrictions on crackers.
This prohibition considering the air quality that deteriorated that regional witnesses so far this year, which was compounded by crackers and bloated burned in the nearest districts.
“To reduce the increase in air pollution effectively and substantially in the NCR, it is appropriate to repeat the steps, for strict compliance by the NCR government, for control and sales regulation, use and breaking from firecrackers in NCR and side by side with the area,” said HSPCB order.
Last year, the squeezer was prohibited from being in 14 of these districts – Bhiwani, Charchi Dadri, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Jhnal, Karnal, Mahendergarh, Noah, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, and Sonipat.
The command Tuesday follows the direction of the commission for air quality management (CAQM), asking Haryana to strictly apply the NGT command and the APEX court regarding crackers.
Firecrackers will be permitted only in seven regencies left where most air quality floated around the moderate level so far this year.
“We have issued a clue to all deputy commissioners and regional officers in NCR District to force a ban on sales and firecrackers.
We have delivered the Caqm command.
There is a complete ban for winter,” S.
Narayana, Secretary of Pollution in HSPCB.
Officials explained that every time the firecrackers exploded in large quantities, pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and suspended particulates such as PM10 were released in the air.
“We have held a meeting with all stakeholders.
We will immediately impose the Responses (Grap) Plan in the district.
We will meet again in the first week of October and make a decision when exactly implementing Grap,” said Kuldeep Singh, Regional pollution.
Last year, NGT has banned the use of firecrackers in Delhi and a side by side from November 9 to November 30.
But given the deteriorating air quality, the ban was expanded to Christmas and New Year.
But it’s not just a concern of crackers.
Agricultural fire in neighboring Punjab and several Agricultural districts Haryana also contributed to deteriorating air quality during the winter.