Pretty Polluting: Crackers aren’t worth the health damage they cause, but banning seems a difficult solution to implement

While, on paper, a total cracker ban should help, the fact is, in India, the crackers industry employs nearly 10 lakh people and accounts for Rs 5,000 crore of manufacturing output. Investors, workers will need to be rehabilitated before such a step is taken.

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