Summary:
“The MPCB buys crackers from well-known companies for checking the permissible decibels. “At Gangapur Road, College Road and Mahatma Nagar, the upmarket areas of the city, we saw many citizens openly flouting the SC order on firecrackers. The ambient air quality during Diwali was moderate.Purvi Naik, a resident of Gangapur Road, said that the Supreme Court order was not heeded to anywhere in the city. The noise test is taken on hard concrete surface where space up to 15 meter is vacant. Moreover, the 8 pm-10 pm time restriction was not at all followed,” he said.MPCB officials said that crackers were burst during Diwali despite the SC order..