- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Rajesh Tyagi stands outside his decades-old fireworks stall in Delhi’s old quarter, fuming over a court ruling that allows him to sell only “eco-friendly” fireworks for the Indian capital’s largest festival. “There is no such thing as a green firecracker in India,” says an exasperated Tyagi, in an empty alleyway usually buzzing with customers buying rockets and bangers ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The Supreme Court has ruled only environmentally-friendly crackers — that emit less smoke and soot than normal ones — can be sold in the Indian capital, in a last-ditch bid to curb smog in the…
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