Guwahati: CP Urges Citizens to Celebrate ‘Green Diwali’

Guwahati: CP Urges Citizens to Celebrate ‘Green Diwali’

Guwahati Commissioner of Police Munna Prasad Gupta urges the citizens to celebrate Green Diwali in a bid to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from worsening owing to poor air quality.

The police commissioner also said that the administration has allowed bursting firecrackers till 10 pm.

Meanwhile, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an order stating to ban sale and use of firecrackers in Diwali and abiding by the rules, many states including Delhi has banned the sale and use of firecrackers. But the state of Assam has rejected the order saying that the state government will not ban the sale of firecrackers.

Assam Forest and Environment Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said that the government will not ban the bursting of firecrackers but has requested the people to burst low decibel firecrackers.

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