NGT Bans Firecrackers in Cities with Poor Air Quality
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XXV, NO. 269, PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Subhash Barala takes Celebrate festivals Chandigarh Deepika over his new charge strictly adhering to Administrator completes 13 at his office in safety measures Badnore flags off years in Haryana Civil during pandemic: three trucks Bollywood Secretariat Punjab ministers of Diwali sweets for Jawans PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 10 NGT bans firecrackers in cities with poor air quality AGENCY towns in the country where the av- other places, but added that if terms with appropriate enforce- NEW DELHI, NOV 9 erage of ambient air quality dur- there are more stringent measures ment guidelines to all the District ing November (as per available under orders of the authorities, the Magistrates and Superintendents In a bid to prevent the COVID-19 data of last year) falls under 'poor' same will prevail. of Police, PCBs/PCCs," the order pandemic from worsening owing or worse category. The tribunal, in its order, also said. "The CPCB and the State to poor air quality, the National "The cities/towns where air said that all the states, Union Ter- PCBs/PCCs may regularly moni- Green Tribunal on Monday im- quality is 'moderate' or below, ritories, Pollution Control Boards, tor the air quality during this peri- posed a total ban on the sale and only green crackers be sold and and Pollution Control Commit- od which may be uploaded on HP CM dedicates use of firecrackers in the National the timings for use and bursting of tees may initiate special drives to their respective websites. CPCB Capital Region from midnight of crackers be restricted to two hours contain air pollution from all may compile information on the dev projects in November 9 to midnight of No- during festivals, like Diwali, sources in view of the potential of subject, including the status of vember 30. Chatt, New Year, Christmas, etc, aggravation of COVID-19. compliance of this order from all Jubbal-Kotkhai A bench of the NGT, headed as may be specified by the con- "The Chief Secretaries and the States and UTs and file a con- SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai by its chairperson Justice Adarsh cerned state," the order said. DGPs of all the States and Union solidated report with data com- Ram Thakur during his one Kumar Goel, directed that the or- The NGT said that restrictions Territories may issue and circulate piled till filing of the report, be- day visit to Jubbal Kotkhai Vid- der will also apply to all cities and are optional for the authorities at an appropriate order in above fore the next date," it added. han Sabha area of Shimla dis- trict inaugurated and laid foun- dation stones of developmen- tal projects worth about Rs 31 crores for the area. He inau- gurated Ground Water Supply Scheme (GWSS) for various PC habitations of census vil- lage Sundli, Nehnar and Gun- tu in Gram Panchayat Jaipidi Mata of tehsil Jubbal con- structed at a cost of Rs. 61 lakh. Chief Minister laid foun- Bihar readies for D-Day dation stones of Car Parking at Jubbal to be constructed at a cost of Rs. six crore, LWSS/GWSS for various PC habitations in Gram panchay- ats Kiari, Panog, Bagahar, amid predictions of change Parali (K) and Shilli (K) to cover AGENCY Functional PATNA, NOV 9 All set for Household Taps Con- Bihar might be on the cusp of a counting in nection major generational shift in poli- (FHTC) of left out households tics as it braced for Tuesday's Baroda today in Kotkhai tehsil to be built at a CHANDIGARH: All arrange- Bombay HC refuses counting of votes for the assem- cost of Rs. 4.99 crore, bly election, with most pollsters ments have been put in place for LWSS/GWSS to various PC predicting a landslide for the five- the counting of votes for the by- habitations in Gram Panchay- party Grand Alliance led by the polls to Haryana''s Baroda as- at Darkoti, Garawang, Bag- young RJD leader Tejashwi Ya- sembly seat on Tuesday, an offi- to grant interim domehar and Pandli to cover dav. cial said. “The counting will start FHTC of left out households in Counting will be taken up at at 8 am,” said Sonipat Deputy tehsil Kotkhai to be construct- 55 centres across 38 districts Commissioner Shaym Lal Poo- ed with an outlay of Rs. 2.87 where the outcome will decide nia on Monday. There will be 20 crore, Rs. 1.12 crore rounds of counting, he added. relief to Arnab LWSS/GWSS to various PC the fate of the Nitish Kumar gov- Poonia said a three-tier security habitations under Gram Pan- ernment that has helmed the state has been provided at the count- chayats Devgarh, Gumma, Hi- for a decade and half. ing centre in Sonipat’s Mohana. AGENCY Anvay Naik, who allegedly died by mari, Premnagar and Nagan Most exit polls have predict- deployed at the strong rooms, Prasad and Rabri Devi both for- The Baroda assembly seat had MUMBAI, NOV 9 suicide in Alibaug in May 2018. A to cover FHTC of left out ed a rout for the ruling JD(U)-BJP where the EVMs have been mer chief ministers. recorded an overall turnout of suicide note purportedly written by households in tehsil Kotkhai. combine and a resounding victo- stored since the completion of Tejashwi's elder brother Tej 68.57 per cent on November 3. The Bombay High Court on Mon- Naik alleged that Goswami had not Jai Ram Thakur also laid foun- ry for the Grand Alliance (Maha- voting, and the halls where these Pratap Yadav is contesting from day refused to grant interim relief to paid him his dues. The Bombay dation stones of LWSS to gathbandhan) led by RJD's 31- will be unsealed Tuesday morn- Hasanpur in Samastipur district. Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab High Court had on November 7 re- Saradhar-Farog and year-old chief ministerial candi- ing after counting of postal bal- In addition, Tuesday's count- RJD's association with "jungle Goswami in connection with a 2018 served its order on Arnab Goswami's Naksateli-Dharikuppar-Garot. date Tejashwi Yadav, who has lots gets over. ing will also decide the political raj", an allusion to the alleged suicide case and directed him to ap- plea challenging his arrest and seek- thrown down the gauntlet at re- The state has 243 assembly fate of nearly a score of ministers. collapsed law and order during proach a lower court to seek bail. ing relief in the matter. Last week, doubtable Nitish Kumar, the bat- constituencies and the most keen- Prominent among them are the 15 years when Lalu-Rabri A division bench of Justice SS Goswami and two others were in tle-scarred veteran more than ly watched will obviously be Nand Kishore Yadav (Patna ruled the state in succession, the Shinde and Justice MS Karnik ob- connection with the case. He, along NCB summons twice his age. Raghopur in Vaishali district from Sahib), Pramod Kumar (Moti- fate of "bahubalis", leaders served that no case is made out to ex- with the other two accused, was The Election Commission is where Tejashwi Yadav is seeking hari), Rana Randhir (Madhuban), known for strong arm tactics, will ercise the extraordinary jurisdiction sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Arjun Rampal making sure that the winds of po- re-election. Suresh Sharma (Muzaffarpur), also be keenly watched. of the High Court. Earlier today, lower court later that day. Goswami tential change cause no disruption Kumar is a member of the Shrawan Kumar (Nalanda), Jai Two of the most notorious Goswami had filed a bail before a had alleged that he along with his in drugs case in the counting process. legislative council and has not Kumar Singh (Dinara) and Krish- criminal-turned-politicians- Raigad Sessions court. The High mother-in-law, father-in-law, son MUMBAI: After conducting a According to Chief Electoral contested the assembly election. nanandan Prasad Verma (Jehan- Anant Singh (Mokama) and Reet- Court also rejected the bail applica- and wife were physically assaulted raid at his premises, the Nar- Officer H R Srinavasa, central Raghopur has been in the past abad). With much of the NDA's lal Yadav (Danapur)- are contest- tions of two other persons accused in by the officers of the Mumbai Po- cotics Control Bureau (NCB) armed police forces have been represented by his parents Lalu election narrative focusing on ing on RJD tickets. the death case of interior designer lice. on Monday issued summons to Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal asking him Land transferred to to join the BJP inciting farmers probe in railways for Govt taking every decision in connection with a with its anti Punjab Chandigarh- Baddi line drug-relat- CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Secretary, Mr. ed case on Vijai Vardhan said that the 77.73 hectares land interest of farmers: Hry CM November stance: Capt falling in Haryana for the Chandigarh-Baddi 11. Earlier today, NCB offi- Railway Line will be transferred to the Railway BUREAU supplied for this purpose to While interacting with me- cials had conducted a raid at SHASHI PAL JAIN government in persuading Ministry by March 2021 once the acquisition CHANDIGARH, NOV 9 Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, dia persons, the Chief the residence of Arjun Ram- CHANDIGARH, NOV 9 the Centre to allow freight process is completed. Mr. Vijai Vardhan gave Rewari, Gurugram-I and Minister said that the op- pal and seized some elec- trains to ply, the BJP leader- this information during the 'Pragati' review Haryana Chief Minister, Mr.