New Delhi: Ten days before Diwali, the Central government proposed a detailed framework to regulate the manufacture, sale, and use of firecrackers across the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) for minimising air pollution.

The recommendations, placed Friday before the Supreme Court, seek to balance environmental concerns with traditional celebrations by restricting time slots for bursting crackers and mandating the exclusive use of NEERI-approved “green crackers.”

Appearing before a bench of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta outlined the Centre’s plan to allow the manufacture and sale of “green crackers” approved by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), while enforcing an absolute ban on joined or series

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