The direction will apply to all cities and towns in India where the average air quality in November fell under the 'poor' and above categories, NGT Chairperson Justice Goel said.
Punjab govt said there is no need for a ban on use of fire crackers as no part of the state falls in NCR and apprised NGT about measures taken for checking air pollution.
The govt has moved relatively quickly to set up an exclusive air pollution commission, but has been much slower to fill the vacancies in the existing NGT.
The plea filed by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal cited the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee which said the 2016 odd-even scheme failed to curb air pollution.
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We breathe such lethal air, especially in winter, a complete, permanent, nationwide ban on firecrackers gets my support. At a time when the coronavirus is again surging, anything which hurts the lungs is to be avoided. The new Commission appointed for the NCR should set simple, quantifiable benchmarks for chronic problems like stubble burning and work diligently to get us there. India should not be building any more coal fired power plants.
We breathe such lethal air, especially in winter, a complete, permanent, nationwide ban on firecrackers gets my support. At a time when the coronavirus is again surging, anything which hurts the lungs is to be avoided. The new Commission appointed for the NCR should set simple, quantifiable benchmarks for chronic problems like stubble burning and work diligently to get us there. India should not be building any more coal fired power plants.