The Delhi Police, in its bid to promote "green crackers" this festive season, is organising street plays, making radio announcements and visiting educational institutions, to drive home the point.
The action comes in the backdrop of the recent Supreme Court ruling that only low-emission firecrackers be burnt in the Delhi-NCR between 8 pm and 10 pm on Diwali and other festivals.
Taking the help of mobile services, radio announcements and advertisements, the city police has appealed public to only use 'green crackers' away from silence zones such as hospitals, schools, courts and religious places.
The police have asked people to burst crackers at
pre-identified places on Diwali and requested them to
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