In order to curb pollution levels in the national Capital occurring every year due to the use of crackers around Diwali, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday launched the anti-cracker campaign.
Rai appealed to the people of Delhi to use green crackers and not polluting crackers. Under the campaign, all SDMs and police officials and 11 teams of the DPCC have been directed to ensure there is no bursting of polluting crackers across Delhi.
“The teams are ensuring effective implementation on ground, checking that the crackers sold must have a ‘Green Cracker’ logo on them, and second, the crackers sold in the shops must be from authorised companies,” he said.
In the wake of the campaign, Gopal Rai visited the Sadar Bazar area in Delhi to inspect the sale of crackers. Rai said, “As per the directions of the Supreme Court, polluting crackers have been banned in Delhi and only pollution-free green crackers have been allowed this year.”
The Minister added from Tuesday, an anti-cracker campaign has been launched in Delhi. All the SDMs, 11 teams of the DPCC and all police officials have been directed to ensure there is no bursting of polluting crackers across Delhi.
Rai added every year, pollution levels in Delhi have been high due to the use of crackers around Diwali. “Due to this, crackers which cause pollution have been banned and we are promoting the use of only green crackers this year. The Delhi Government has launched the Anti-Cracker campaign from today, with an aim to curb pollution in the city,” he said.
“I want to appeal to the people of Delhi, this is the time when we are witnessing Covid and pollution at the same time, please do not burn crackers. I also want to appeal to them to only use green crackers and keep the crackers away from children, women, elderly and people with co-morbidities. For effective implementation of the anti-cracker campaign, we have constituted DPCC and SDM teams who are inspecting the on-ground situation,” he added.