Rajasthan government bans sale of firecrackers amid COVID-19 crisis

The Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot informed on November 2, 2020, that he has issued directions of banning the sale of firecrackers in the state.
The step by the government has been taken to restrict their use to protect the COVID-19 patients as well as the public from their ill effects.
Mr. Gehlot has directed the officials to put a blanket ban on the sale of firecrackers as a preventive measure against the spread of Coronavirus. He encouraged people to avoid using firecrackers on Diwali amid the health crisis.
There has also been a direction to take strict action against the fireworks and the sale of firecrackers as well as the polluting vehicles who will be running without fitness in order to protect the COVID-19 patients as well as the public from the toxic smoke emitting from the vehicles.