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It is submitted that Clause (i) of paragraph 32 of the order dated 01.12.2020 is very wide. It completely prohibits all the activities which even this Court did not countenance.
We are not impressed by this argument. The purport of Clause (i), in our opinion, is that there will be total ban on sale and use of all kinds of fire crackers during Covid-19 pandemic only where the air quality becomes “poor” or more than poor category. That is a just direction.
In other words, if the air quality of the concerned area is moderate or better, the authorities may permit the sale and use of green fire crackers, as specified in the order itself. The operative part of the order reads thus:
“32. In view of above discussion, following directions are issued:
i. There will be total ban on sale and use of all kinds of fire crackers during Covid-19 pandemic in the NCR and all cities/towns in the country where the ambient air quality falls under the ‘poor’ and above category.
iii. During Christmas and New Year, green crackers can be used from 11:55 pm to 12:30 am only at places where air quality is ‘moderate’ or below as directed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. iv. With a view to ensure availability of air quality data, atleast one air quality monitoring station must be set up at every district headquarter at the earliest. Where no such monitoring station exists, atleast a manual monitoring station which is very easy to set up and is not costly must be installed at the earliest, using simpler procedure like GeM. This should not exceed three months in any case. This will be the responsibility of the State PCBs/PCCs from available funds under ‘consent mechanism’ / ‘environmental compensation’. The air quality data may be placed on the website of the District administration and also at prominent locations in the towns, in the form of AQI, PM2.5 and PM10. v. We further direct that the Air Quality Monitoring Committees (AQMC) in terms of order of this Tribunal dated 08.10.2018 in OA No.681/2018 to coordinate with the District Magistrate. For compliance of the above directions. vi. The District Magistrates in every district may take steps to ensure that banned fire crackers are not sold in terms of order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 23.10.2018.