Indian Court Chooses Clean Air Over Fireworks for a Festival
Indian Court Chooses Clean Air Over Fireworks for a Festival
After India’s Supreme Court this week reinstated a ban on the sale of fireworks in the National Capital Region, which includes New Delhi
and is home to roughly 45 million people, fireworks sellers sat idly outside their closed shops, wondering what to do.
But amid concerns about poisonous air quality in New Delhi — stemming, in part,
from the use of fireworks — a different scene has unfolded this Diwali season.
The court cited data from the World Health Organization
that found the city’s air quality to be the world’s worst, and a report from the country’s Central Pollution Control Board indicating that pollution levels in the region were four or five times as high on Diwali.
12, 2017
NEW DELHI — For generations, millions of Indians here in the capital have celebrated
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, by setting off a symphony of fireworks.
Now, we will plan our future differently." Air quality has deteriorated in New Delhi for years,
but after last year’s Diwali celebrations, a breaking point of sorts was reached.
" he said, "but we also see our religion." Others, including Renu Mehta, 48, whose husband
suffers from upper respiratory problems, welcomed the ban. that We see the pollution,
After India’s Supreme Court this week reinstated a ban on the sale of fireworks in the National Capital Region, which includes New Delhi
and is home to roughly 45 million people, fireworks sellers sat idly outside their closed shops, wondering what to do.
But amid concerns about poisonous air quality in New Delhi — stemming, in part,
from the use of fireworks — a different scene has unfolded this Diwali season.
The court cited data from the World Health Organization
that found the city’s air quality to be the world’s worst, and a report from the country’s Central Pollution Control Board indicating that pollution levels in the region were four or five times as high on Diwali.
12, 2017
NEW DELHI — For generations, millions of Indians here in the capital have celebrated
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, by setting off a symphony of fireworks.
Now, we will plan our future differently." Air quality has deteriorated in New Delhi for years,
but after last year’s Diwali celebrations, a breaking point of sorts was reached.
" he said, "but we also see our religion." Others, including Renu Mehta, 48, whose husband
suffers from upper respiratory problems, welcomed the ban. that We see the pollution,