The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an application filed by an association of firecracker manufacturers to include reduced quantities of barium nitrate in firecrackers. TANFAMA had approached the Apex Court seeking a direction to allow the usage of reduced quantities of Barium Nitrate in firecrackers as suggested by CSIR – NEERI and approved by PESO and MoEF. A bench comprising …
The sky on the night of October 27 may not be the usual riot of colours and noise levels in the neighbourhood may be lower than normal. Worst crisis As a result, the fireworks hub is facing its worst-ever crisis this year as manufacturers have not been able to produce ‘green’ crackers with the new formula provided by NEERI. “Only …
Selvarajan is a man besieged. According to an affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in the Supreme Court on August 21 last, ‘green crackers’ are less polluting, with lower emission levels. In its affidavit to the Supreme Court, the Ministry has mentioned a ‘CSIR-Kaliswari joint facility’, which is Selvarajan’s firm, Sri Kaliswari Fireworks Private Limited, …
