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Only green crackers with logo, QR code allowed: K'taka HC tells govt

Bangaluru, Nov 13 (UNI) The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered the state government to strictly ensure that only ''green firecrackers containing the distinct green logo of CSIR-NEERI and PESO, apart from a quick response code (QR) on their packaging,'' are sold in the state.
The court also ordered authorised officers, police and local authorities, such as municipal corporations, municipalities and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), to regularly inspect the stalls selling crackers.
To increase awareness of green firecrackers, the court asked the government to advertise widely through various media platforms, including new television channels and social media. He said the public should be urged to check the green logo and QR code, before making any purchases.
A division bench consisting of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty issued the instructions after the government, acting on the court's observation on Thursday, issued a notice explaining what constitutes green crackers and how they can be identified.
The bench, during a hearing on Thursday, had stressed that the government order to allow only green firecrackers was ''ineffective'' because it did not specify what these crackers were and how the public could identify them.
''The packaging of the green firecracker can be identified by the distinct green logo of the National Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute for Research in Environmental Engineering (CSIR-NEERI) and the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO), as well as the QR code system.
''The QR code is a new feature incorporated on firecrackers to prevent the manufacture and sale of counterfeit products,'' the government said in it's Thursday night notification, which was submitted to the court.
''Green crackers are those made from a chemical formulation developed by the CSIR-NEERI and PESO, and they do not contain harmful chemicals, thus reducing the air pollution... General 'green crackers' are available in the form of candles, flower pots and chestnuts,'' specified the government notification.
Reiterating their November 12 observation that a strict order banning crackers as argued by the petitioners – AS Vishnu Bharath of Bengaluru and Samarpana, a social organisation – cannot be issued because the petitioners approached the court at the eleventh hour, the bench adjourned the hearing until November 23, ordering the state and its authorities to enforce standards for controlling air and noise pollution, and sell and burst only green firecrackers.
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