After the Supreme Court gave a green signal to ¡®green firecrackers¡¯, vendors are left confused about the segregation of firecrackers into categories of 'green' and otherwise. The apex court, on Tuesday, permitted citizens to celebrate Diwali with firecrackers that emit less smoke and produce make less noise.
The decision has left most of the firecracker vendors in Delhi in a tizzy. Most are clueless about ¡®green firecrackers¡¯ and say that 80 per cent of their inventory consists of firecrackers that do not fall into the list of acceptable incendiaries.?
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The vendors are now coming up with ways to dispose of loud and smoke emitting firecrackers including pyrotechnics they had from last year.
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A vendor told Times of India that since such firecrackers are more expensive than others, not many shopkeepers have them in stock. "Very few people specifically ask for them", he said adding that disposing of the stock is not something they have a lot of confidence in this year.
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Even consumers have little understanding of 'green' firecrackers¡¯.
The firecracker packaging does not carry any disclaimer and therefore, it becomes impossible to distinguish between regular and green firecrackers.?