Firecrackers seized in India crackdown on festival pollution

Firecrackers seized in India crackdown on festival pollution

NEW DELHI: Delhi police have seized four tonnes of illegal polluting firecrackers as the Indian megacity heads into its winter smog season when its 20 million people regularly choke on putrid grey-yellow air. Traditionally, millions of firecrackers are set off during Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, which takes place later this week across the nation of 1.3 billion people. In Delhi their smoke

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