Chennai, Oct 15 (PTI) Not just Delhi-NCR, but all states will burst green crackers, as most of them have switched to producing them exclusively, said Sivakasi firecracker manufacturers.

Amid the debate over the efficacy of green crackers, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave its nod for bursting green crackers in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) during the festival with certain conditions.

The court made it clear that use of green crackers will be confined to specific hours on the day before Diwali and on the festival day itself. However, the sale of green crackers will permitted from October 18 to 21.

"Green crackers" are made using proprietary additives developed by CSIR-NEERI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institut

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