Revoke ban, CM urges Odisha and Rajasthan
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‘No data to prove that bursting of crackers has an effect on COVID-19 patients’
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday urged his counterparts in Odisha and Rajasthan to rethink their determination to ban the sale and bursting of crackers this Deepavali season to guard the livelihood of the individuals of Tamil Nadu concerned in fireworks manufacture.
In his letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, he referred to experiences that these States had banned the sale and bursting of crackers as a result of COVID-19.
“I would like to bring to your kind notice that Tamil Nadu produces mainly green crackers; therefore, the question of environmental pollution does not arise. There are no empirical or validated data to demonstrate that the bursting of crackers has an effect on COVID-19 patients. I, therefore, request you to reconsider your government’s decision to ban the sale and bursting of crackers in your State during this Deepavali season,” Mr. Palaniswami mentioned.
Tamil Nadu is a significant cracker manufacturing State, utilizing uncooked supplies with lowered emission ranges and low decibel, he mentioned, underscoring that the State accounted for about 90% of the whole manufacture of crackers within the nation, offering direct employment to round 4 lakh individuals and oblique employment to 4 extra lakh.
“Their livelihood solely depends on the sale of crackers during the Deepavali season. The ban on the bursting of crackers in your State can have a direct bearing on the livelihood of over 8 lakh workers in Tamil Nadu and an equal number of people engaged in cracker sales,” he mentioned. He additionally recalled the Supreme Court’s October 23, 2018, judgment that directed all States to encourage bursting of crackers in public locations for a restricted interval of two hours on Deepavali day, contemplating the direct and oblique employment within the manufacture of crackers, and to safeguard conventional celebrations.
Fixed slots
As per the Supreme Court path, individuals within the State shall be allowed to burst crackers throughout Deepavali from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to eight p.m., mentioned Minister for Environment K.C. Karuppannan in Bhavani on Thursday.
Speaking to the media after distributing crop loans to farmers, he mentioned the State had fastened two one-hour slots within the morning and night for bursting crackers on Deepavali, and the identical could be adopted this yr. He requested individuals to make sure smoke-free Deepavali and mentioned that any determination on banning Chinese firecrackers could be taken by the Chief Minister.
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