The Supreme Court on Wednesday mulled over the issue of pollution caused by light and smoke emitting firecrackers and formulating of guidelines to deal with them.
The apex court sought to know which chemicals should not be used beyond a limit in the firecrackers and observed that guidelines on this have to be laid down.
"Somebody should tell us that firecrackers should not have chemicals like chlorine, potassium and titanium beyond a limit of say 5%," a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said.
The bench said there were firecrackers which emitted sound, while there were others which emitted light and smoke."Somebody has to lay down the guidelines for pollution from such firecrackers," the bench said.
The firecracker manufacturers told the bench that they were using chemicals which were within the prescribed limits and not at all hazardous.
They claimed they were facing serious consequences due to the apex court order banning the sale and stockpiling of firecrackers in the national capital region (NCR).
The scientists from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) also elaborated in the court on the effects of pollution from firecrackers.
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