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Air pollution: Diwali firecrackers for only 3 hours, orders Bombay HC
Updated On: 07 November, 2023 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
The judges observed that there is a need to make a choice now, either for a disease-free environment or burning fire-crackers to celebrate Diwali
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In some significant directions, the Bombay High Court on Monday directed that during Diwali festival, firecrackers can be burst only between 7-10 p.m. in view of the heavy air pollution and poor AQI in the city.
A division bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Girish Kulkarni have asked all the municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to adhere to the directives to immediately tackle the AQI problem.
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