Bangalore: Children are ensuring a massive change in our mindset, and how! Anti-cracker campaigns launched by schools across the country have resulted in a 20-25% dip in sale of crackers, says a survey.
New Delhi: The Delhi government’s sustained campaign against firecrackers has raised awareness, particularly among schoolchildren, about the harm crackers do to the environment, but it has failed to lower air pollution on Diwali.
Lucknow: For a ‘quieter’ Diwali, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) is acting tough to ensure adherence to the Supreme Court’s guidelines on firecrackers.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Subhash C. Pandey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 30/10/2013 with regard to noise and air pollution caused as a result of use and bursting of fire crackers.
BHOPAL: With just four days to Diwali, MP pollution control board (MPPCB ) and the district administration are yet to certify if the firecrackers in markets are illegal or as per standards of noise
Tests conducted on firecrackers by NGO Awaaz Foundation and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) have revealed that several companies are flouting Supreme Court directives on noise levels as
