Four areas in Telangana (Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Nalgonda, Patancheru) are likely to face a total of firecrackers going off in this Deepavali.
In relief for firecracker traders in Telangana, the Supreme Court on Friday amended the Telangana High Court order asking the government to impose a ban on the sale and use of firecrackers in the state. After the Telangana government issued a government order (GO) announcing a ban on firecrackers on Friday morning, the Telangana Fire Workers Dealers Association (TFWDA) swiftly approached the supreme court on the same day. By imposing a ban on firecrackers, the government asked the district administration to close the firecracker shops.
Although the rest of the state will be able to pop cookies for two hours, four areas of Telangana, namely Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Nalgonda and Patancheru, will likely have to comply with a total ban. This is because the NGT has ordered a total ban in these areas that had registered a ‘poor’ AQI last year. The state government will soon issue a new order clarifying the rules.
In their order, Supreme Court magistrates court AM Khanwalikar and Sanjiv Khanna said the Telangana Superior Court order is modified and would be in line with the National Green Court (NGT) order on firecrackers issued earlier this year. month. On November 9, the NGT ordered that there will be a total ban on the sale and use of all types of firecrackers between November 10 and 30 in areas throughout the country where the average ambient air quality (AQI) during the month was recorded as ‘poor’ in November 2019.
“Everyone worries that the state complies with the instructions in the letter in spirit,” Bar and Bench said on Friday, citing the SC. Since the state government did not become part of the petition, the Court said the defendants were not notified due to the peculiar situation and urgency of the matter. The Superior Court order of November 11 is modified, SC said.
Several states such as Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, and Union territories such as Delhi and Chandigarh have already banned the use and sale of firecrackers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NGT panel had said that in case the government did not issue specific times for the setting off of firecrackers, people can do so between 8 pm and 10 pm on Diwali.
Meanwhile, responding to the state government’s ban on firecrackers, BJP state chairman Bandi Sanjay accused the Telangana government of being “anti-Hindu”. Bandi said the KCR government “did not protect the interests of Hindus.”
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