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Haryana govt bans sale/use of firecrackers in 14 NCR districts

Chandigarh, Oct 31 (UNI) A ban with immediate effect has been imposed by the Haryana government on the sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in its 14 districts falling in the National Capital Region (NCR).
An official spokesman on Sunday said that there will be a total ban against sale or use of all kinds of fire crackers in Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Gurugram, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Mahendergarh, Nuh, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak and Sonipat districts falling in NCR.
This direction will also apply to all cities/towns in Haryana where the average of ambient air quality during November (as per available data of last year) is of 'poor' and above category, he added.
He said that only green crackers shall be sold in the cities / towns in which air quality is "moderate or below” and the cities / towns / areas in which air quality is “moderate or below”, the timings for use and bursting of crackers, on festival days will strictly be from 2000 hours till 2200 hours only.
For Chatt, the same will be from 0600 hours to 0800 hours and on Christmas and New Year eve, when such fireworks start around midnight, it will from 2355 hours till 0030 hours only, he added.
He said that in the areas where use and bursting of crackers is allowed, Community fire cracking shall be promoted. Particular area / fields would be pre - identified and pre - designated by the concerned authorities immediately and the same shall be publicized for information of the public. Even for marriages and other occasions, only green crackers are permitted, he added.
He said that the sale of crackers shall only be through licensed traders. No e-commerce websites shall accept any online orders and effect online sales. The Haryana State Pollution Control Board shall carryout short - term monitoring in the cities for 14 days for the parameters -- Aluminum, Barium, Iron apart from the regulatory parameters against the short - term Ambient Air Quality Criteria Values (AAQCVS) proposed by CPCB with regard to bursting of firecrackers.
This will help in generation of data on pollution caused by the bursting of firecrackers and would be helpful for regulation and control of quality of Aluminum, Barium and Iron used in the manufacture of firecrackers, he added.
All deputy commissioners have been directed to constitute joint inspection teams for enforcing the directions and shall ensure extensive checking and action against violators who shall be punishable under the provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and other provisions of the law as applicable, he said.
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