New Delhi, Around 32 percent families are planning to burst firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, while 43 per cent cited concerns about pollution as the reason for not
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai last week had said bursting firecrackers in the national capital on Diwali will attract a jail term of up to six months and a fine of ₹200.
Objecting an Ad by Ceat Tyres in which actor Aamir Khan is seen advising people not to burst crackers, BJP's Anantkumar Hegde asked Ceat to also address the "problem blocking roads in the name of Namaz and noise emitted from mosques during Azan."