Crackers and decibels

Sir,- The Supreme Court's directive restricting the time for bursting firecrackers during Diwali is most welcome. It should be possible to restrict the use of firecrackers to the evening as stipulated by the court through effective publicity in the media.

However, adhering to the second dictum on decibel levels is doubtful as the public will not be in a position to identify the crackers that will generate more than 125 decibels.

Since there is a provision in the Environment Protection Rules prohibiting the manufacture of such high decibel crackers, they should not be allowed to enter the market and this clause should be enforced at the industry-level itself.

R. Thiruvengadam,

Chennai

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