RSS physique slams Delhi authorities ban on every kind of firecrackers throughout Diwali 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Saturday slammed the AAP-led Delhi authorities over the imposition of a whole ban on every kind of firecrackers within the metropolis, terming the transfer “inappropriate and unscientific”.

It additionally alleged that the Arvind Kejriwal authorities’s “blanket ban” on firecrackers was geared toward misguiding individuals and diverting their consideration from the actual reason behind air air pollution within the nationwide capital.

Government companies have failed to resolve the issue of stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and different elements of the nation despite the fact that it’s the “biggest source” of air air pollution within the nationwide capital and the encompassing northern states, the SJM mentioned with out naming anybody.

“The SJM strongly opposes the complete ban on firecrackers by the Delhi government during the festival of Diwali as it is inappropriate,” it mentioned in a press release.

“The SJM also urges all state governments to make efforts to find a permanent solution to the problem of stubble burning and repeal the restrictions on firecrackers during Diwali,” the RSS physique added.

The burning of firecrackers “illegally” imported from China causes air air pollution because of mixing of potassium nitrate and sulphur in them, not the inexperienced firecrackers manufactured within the nation, it mentioned.

“Potassium nitrate and sulphur are not mixed in green firecrackers made in India today. Other pollutants such as aluminium, lithium, arsenic and mercury etc., have also been reduced to the minimum,” the SJM mentioned.

While these inexperienced firecrackers are licensed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, it’s also “scientifically proven” that they trigger 30 per cent much less air pollution, it added.

The “last minute” resolution of the Delhi Government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to ban even the inexperienced firecrackers is “highly deplorable”, the SJM mentioned.

Since the Union authorities has imposed “an effective ban” on the Chinese firecrackers, it’s utterly “unfair” to impose a blanket ban on all varieties of firecrackers in Delhi throughout the pageant of Diwali, it mentioned.

The ban on every kind of firecrackers is not only “arbitrary, anti-people and bereft of any scientific basis, but also hurting the sentiments of the people on the occasion of Diwali”, it added.

“The Swadeshi Jagran Manch also urges the Delhi Police to come clear on whether they will follow the arbitrary orders of the Delhi government of arresting people in Delhi if found in possession of or bursting firecrackers,” the RSS affiliate mentioned.

The SJM mentioned the Delhi authorities’s resolution would deal a extreme blow to over tens of millions of employees and others engaged within the manufacturing and distribution of firecrackers within the nation.

“We should not forget that in Tamil Nadu (Sivakasi), West Bengal and many other parts of the country, the livelihoods of more than one million people depend on the firecracker industry,” the SJM mentioned.

Throughout the yr, these individuals watch for Diwali to promote the firecrackers, it mentioned.

“In such a situation, it is not prudent to ban green firecrackers without any scientific basis,” the SJM mentioned 

NEW DELHI: The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Saturday slammed the AAP-led Delhi authorities over the imposition of a whole ban on every kind of firecrackers within the metropolis, terming the transfer “inappropriate and unscientific”.

It additionally alleged that the Arvind Kejriwal authorities’s “blanket ban” on firecrackers was geared toward misguiding individuals and diverting their consideration from the actual reason behind air air pollution within the nationwide capital.

Government companies have failed to resolve the issue of stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and different elements of the nation despite the fact that it’s the “biggest source” of air air pollution within the nationwide capital and the encompassing northern states, the SJM mentioned with out naming anybody.

“The SJM strongly opposes the complete ban on firecrackers by the Delhi government during the festival of Diwali as it is inappropriate,” it mentioned in a press release.

“The SJM also urges all state governments to make efforts to find a permanent solution to the problem of stubble burning and repeal the restrictions on firecrackers during Diwali,” the RSS physique added.

The burning of firecrackers “illegally” imported from China causes air air pollution because of mixing of potassium nitrate and sulphur in them, not the inexperienced firecrackers manufactured within the nation, it mentioned.

“Potassium nitrate and sulphur are not mixed in green firecrackers made in India today. Other pollutants such as aluminium, lithium, arsenic and mercury etc., have also been reduced to the minimum,” the SJM mentioned.

While these inexperienced firecrackers are licensed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, it’s also “scientifically proven” that they trigger 30 per cent much less air pollution, it added.

The “last minute” resolution of the Delhi Government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to ban even the inexperienced firecrackers is “highly deplorable”, the SJM mentioned.

Since the Union authorities has imposed “an effective ban” on the Chinese firecrackers, it’s utterly “unfair” to impose a blanket ban on all varieties of firecrackers in Delhi throughout the pageant of Diwali, it mentioned.

The ban on every kind of firecrackers is not only “arbitrary, anti-people and bereft of any scientific basis, but also hurting the sentiments of the people on the occasion of Diwali”, it added.

“The Swadeshi Jagran Manch also urges the Delhi Police to come clear on whether they will follow the arbitrary orders of the Delhi government of arresting people in Delhi if found in possession of or bursting firecrackers,” the RSS affiliate mentioned.

The SJM mentioned the Delhi authorities’s resolution would deal a extreme blow to over tens of millions of employees and others engaged within the manufacturing and distribution of firecrackers within the nation.

“We should not forget that in Tamil Nadu (Sivakasi), West Bengal and many other parts of the country, the livelihoods of more than one million people depend on the firecracker industry,” the SJM mentioned.

Throughout the yr, these individuals watch for Diwali to promote the firecrackers, it mentioned.

“In such a situation, it is not prudent to ban green firecrackers without any scientific basis,” the SJM mentioned