Mahua Moitra Slams Firecracker Verdict: ‘Don’t Waste Time Moaning About Air Quality’

Mahua Moitra Slams Firecracker Verdict: On Wednesday, the Supreme Court decision to allow the sale and use of green firecrackers in the Delhi-NCR region sparked a varied reaction with the government with its BJP elected officials opinion echoing support and a specific pocket of citizens, including Bengal MP Mahua Moitra, voicing concerns about implications for air quality in the regions.

The SC has allowed the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in the Delhi-NCR region from between October 18 to 20, 2023, and establishing the allowed hours of 6-7 am and 8-10 pm in it's decree. The Supreme Court wrote, and leaders of the BJP-led government supported, that the permission of a green firecracker was a "balanced approach," but there were voices speaking out against it.

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MP Mahua Moitra opines about firecracker plan

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra put out a post on X, that suggested that people shouldn’t complain about air quality in Delhi this year, as the government was elected by them, and they made the call for firecrackers.

"Let's not waste any time this year moaning about air quality," she said.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta thanked the Supreme Court for the permission to burst green firecrackers, on behalf of the government.

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Delhi government supports firecracker ban

Parvesh Verma Delhi minister for Public Works Department (PWD), on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court to allow the sale and bursting of green firecrackers ahead of Diwali, and in attacking the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government impacted how it had previously felt like crime to bust crackers due the previous state and that it was banned with Arvind Kejriwal as the Chief Minister.

Delhi Minister of Environment, Manjinder Singh after the order of the Supreme Court at a press conference stated manufacturers should ensure that no prohibited firecrackers are sold in the Delhi-NCR markets and also appealed to residents as well to consider only for purchase the "green" firecrackers.

Use to the firecrackers in Delhi-NCR has been long debated with some calling for firecrackers to not be restricted because it is tied to the festival of Diwali, while there are also many interested to the cause of limiting pollution and improved air quality in Delhi, which begins to decline often days prior to Hindu festival due to stubble burning in the neighbouring states and atmospheric conditions.

Over the past few years, Delhi and areas of its neighboring cities of Noida and Ghaziabd in Uttar Pradesh; Faridabad, Gurugram, and others in Haryana as part of the national capital region (NCR) have seen a dramatic rise in the Air Quality Index (AQI) and reduced visibility due to toxic smog on and around the occasion of Diwali.

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