Know all about NGT's notice over ban on firecrackers

A bench of NGT Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel passed the order on a batch of petitions seeking remedial action against the use and sale of firecrackers amid the double whammy of pollution crisis and rising coronavirus infections.

The green tribunal emphasised that citizens were entitled to breathe fresh air and a right cannot be defeated on the ground that its enforcement will lead to the closing of business activity.