Firecrackers banned at weddings, other functions in Lucknow
Lucknow District Magistrate Kaushalraj Sharma has ordered a ban on firecrackers at weddings and other functions in Lucknow till  15 January 2018, in a bid to curb the increasing level of air pollution. The authorities carried out water-sprinkling in the city in order to settle the dust particles, after CM Yogi Adityanath asked them to take measures to check pollution.