Despite ban, ‘illegal’ crackers burst in city

NEW DELHI: Choking and suffocating their way through work early Monday morning, residents in different part of Delhi complained of bad air post Diwali. Despite stringent actions and comparatively less bursting of firecrackers this Diwali, few areas of Delhi witnessed banned crackers being used. “I saw a few people bursting murgi crackers, which were apparently nowhere to be found in Delhi. The whole night these crackers were burst and the condition was so bad at night, I fell sick early morning,” said Nibedita, a resident of Mayur Vihar. Millennium Post talked to residents of different areas in Delhi, most of whom complained that despite the Supreme Court's ban, people burst firecrackers throughout the night. “In our area, there was a competition as to who will burst the

longest ladi cracker in the vicinity. This created a lot of noise in the area,” said another resident of Lajpat Nagar.

“Where were the green crackers as claimed by the authorities,” said Pooja, a resident of Kalkaji. She added that even though the bursting of crackers was less compared to

last year. Echoing the same sentiments Siddharth, a resident of Dwarka said that compared to

last year less crackers were burst. “People burst crackers for an hour, and it was less polluted than last year,” he said.

However, the residents of

Delhi, don't agree with the statement. “The moment clock reached 9 at night, the amount of sound and noise pollution was astonishing,” said Ritika, a resident of Model Town. “Despite government taking actions, crackers were burst like crazy in my area,” she said.

People were seen walking around with masks on Monday morning. “I am feeling so chocked and suffocated, how am I supposed to go to work,” said a resident of Dwarka.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that pollution levels in the national Capital were the lowest in five years. Hailing the people Delhi, CM said, “Pollution on Diwali has gone down and was the lowest in the last five years.”