Mumbai air pollution: Bombay HC bans bursting of firecrackers, except between 7 pm and 10 pm

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to ensure that people burst firecrackers only between 7 pm and 10 pm, Live Law reported.

The restrictions on firecrackers ahead of the Diwali festival were among a series of directives that a division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Girish Kulkarni issued in a case pertaining to air pollution in Mumbai.

Air pollution in the Mumbai metropolitan region has worsened since October, with the air quality index crossing 200 at several points in the past month. An air quality index ranging between 200 and 300 falls under the “poor” category.