Plea dismissed: The court refused a suggestion by traders to allow them to sell their existing stock outside Delhi-NCR. File photo: Sushil Kumar Verma | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Vermamore-in: The Supreme Court on Friday extended its November 2016 ban on the sale and stockpiling of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR despite pleas made by traders to modify the order. Pant further directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare an inventory of existing firecrackers with traders and suggest measures for their disposal. The Bench refused a suggestion by traders to allow them to sell their existing stock outside Delhi-NCR. Venugopal and advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, had told the Supreme Court how 40% children in Delhi suffered from respiratory diseases.

Source: The Hindu February 11, 2017 02:26 UTC