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Apex court bans manufacture, sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR

November 26, 2016

New Delhi, Nov 26: The Supreme Court on Friday banned the manufacturing and sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region due to its harmful effects on the quality of air.

firecrackerA three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice T S Thakur directed the Union government to suspend all licences for sale, manufacturing and stocking of firecrackers with immediate effect.

“No such licence shall be granted or renewed till our further orders,” the bench, also comprising Justices A K Sikri and S A Bobde, said.

The court order comes as yet another decision to tackle the rising pollution in Delhi and its surrounding districts of Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram.

Besides imposing the ban, the court also asked the Central Pollution Control Board to study and prepare a report to show what elements were used in the manufacturing of the firecrackers in order to ascertain if they were harmful to people.

Three toddlers, aged between 3 to 14 months, through their parents had earlier approached the apex court seeking direction to completely ban bursting of firecrackers here.

Arjun Goyal, Aarav Bhandari and Zoya Rao Bhasin, all residents of Delhi, urged the court to protect their fundamental right for a clean and healthy environment.

Earlier, the court sought to know the concrete record showing impact of firecrackers on the air quality and human health, lifestyle and their productivity.

“Firecrackers are not only used in Diwali. They have become a part of life. Nowadays, they are used even during cricket matches, festivals, weddings and anniversaries. People are least bothered about its impact on the environment,” the bench had then said

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Skazi
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Sunday, 27 Nov 2016

The BAN should be for ALL INDIA.... At least people can live in peace ..

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June 8,2020

New Delhi, Jun 8: India on Monday reported the highest single-day spike of 9,983 more COVID-19 cases and 206 deaths in the last 24 hours.

With this, the country's coronavirus count has reached 2,56,611, including 1,25,381 active cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

1,24,094 patients have been cured/discharged so far and 7,135 succumbed to the deadly virus. While one patient has migrated.

With 85,975 cases, Maharashtra is the worst-affected state in the country followed by Tamil Nadu at 31,667 cases.

A total of 1,08,048 samples were tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours and overall 47,74,434 samples have been tested till now.

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April 9,2020

New Delhi, Apr 9: With an increase of 540 positive COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's tally of coronavirus cases has risen to 5,734, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

Out of the 5,734 cases; 5,095 are active COVID-19 cases and 472 cases have been recovered/discharged and one case migrated.
The death toll has also risen to 166 after 17 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra is the worst-hit state 1,135 positive cases so far and while Tamil Nadu is second with 738 positive cases. Delhi's tally has risen to 669 cases. 

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April 14,2020

New Delhi, Apr 14: With 1,211 fresh cases of coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country has reached 10,363 including 339 deaths, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, here on Tuesday.

As many as 1,036 people have recovered from the disease so far, said Aggarwal during the daily media briefing on the coronavirus. "In one day, 179 people were diagnosed and found cured," he added.

"A total of 10,363 confirmed cases have been reported in India including 339 deaths and 1,036 people, who were COVID-19 positive have recovered. Out of the total deaths, 31 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours," said Aggarwal.

Aggarwal said that an evaluation of each district and city will be done till April 20.

"An evaluation of each district and city will be done till April 20 in which it will be evaluated what measures did that authorities take in these cities and districts to combat COVID-19," he said.

"Based on the results of this litmus test approach, permission will be granted for some selective activities to those districts and cities which controlled the situation effectively. Detailed guidelines will be issued soon," he added.

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