The Supreme Court on Monday demanded an “immediate” response from the Delhi government and police on the ban — which appears to exist only on paper — against firecrackers during Diwali, a ban that is announced and ignored every year, resulting in a blanket suffocating toxic air suffocating the national capital and neighboring regions for days after the celebration of the festival.

“It is widely reported that the ban on firecrackers (in Delhi NCR) has not been implemented at all… this was supposed to be an important measure to curb pollution,” Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih said. this afternoon.

“What is the order (on banning firecrackers) … how is it implemented … something needs to be worked out,” the court asked the Delhi government and directed it to create a mechanism “at least for the next year” to ensure that Delhi is not choking on air pollutants in 2025.