Kanpur: The festival of Diwali is approaching fast. Is there a ban on firecrackers in Uttar Pradesh? Of Course, it is not reportedly.
The Yogi Adityanath government has not announced the ban on the sale and use of firecrackers all over the state.
The bursting of fire crackers are supposed to carry pollution. That was why there was put a ban on its use in as many as 13 cities of Uttar Pradesh were not enabled in the year 2020.
However, this kind of ban has not been reported on the sale and use of firecrackers across the state for this year so far.
The Delhi government had a few weeks ago urged Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to declare a comprehensive ban on the sale and purchase of firecrackers.
Delhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai told: To limit vehicular pollution, we have requested Union Environment Minister to facilitate CNG-powered public transport in NCR.
Further, he said we have also demanded that firecrackers should be banned around Diwali in neighbouring states also.
