Delhi Police: No Temporary Licence for sale and storage Firecrackers this festive session
By Sanjay Maurya
News Highlights
- Firecrackers are prohibited from being sold, stored, or used in Delhi until January 1, 2022.
- The injunction was given in light of the possibility of another COVID-19 outbreak in the city.
- Delhi Police is not giving any temporary licence for the storage and sale of firecrackers this festive season.
Firecrackers are prohibited from being sold, stored, or used in Delhi until January 1, 2022, according to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). The DPCC said in an order that the prohibition on cracker sale, storage, and usage, which was first ordered by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on September 15, will be prolonged till January 1, 2022.
According to a statement in the matter mentioned that Several experts have suggested that another Covid-19 surge is possible and that large-scale celebrations with bursting firecrackers will result not only in agglomeration of people, in violation of social distancing norms, but also high levels of air pollution, leading to serious health issues, the order stated.
To ensure compliance with DPCC’s direction in letter and spirit, Delhi Police is not giving any temporary licence for the storage and sale of firecrackers this festive season, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Licensing Unit) Guriqbal Singh Sindhu. Permanent firecracker permits have already been stopped, and licence holders have been urged to refrain from selling any type of firecracker until January 1, 2022, he stated.
Every year, beginning in mid-October, Delhi’s air quality deteriorates to emergency levels on several days due to weather changes, large-scale stubble burning in neighboring Punjab and Haryana, as well as local pollution sources, and Diwali cracker bursting. Despite a cracker ban last year, Delhi’s pollution levels remained high on Diwali day (November 14) and lingered in the poor category for the following week. The Central Pollution Control Board noted in a special study that practically all pollutants had higher readings on Diwali in 2020 than in 2019.
Impacts on Firecracker Industry
As a result, industry experts believe that the industry will lose over INR 800 crore this year alone, putting the livelihoods of 8 lakh people in jeopardy.
We expect a loss of close to INR 800 crore this year. Ganesan Panjurajan, director of Sony Fireworks and head of the Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers’ Association (TANFAMA), a trade group representing firecracker manufacturers, said, the two-month shutdown and drop in the number of orders have harmed us terribly.
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