Gurgaon: Total prohibition though, firecrackers are an integral part of the Diwali City celebration on Thursday night.
Light and sound performances, in some parts of the city continued until the early hours of Friday, made it proved that the ban could not prevent crackers to reach consumers even though there was no license issued this time.
While some residents argue that crackle forbids at all impossible because they are part of the festival, others say law enforcement and ignore the very high level of pollution at night Diwali has caused a decline of air quality on Friday morning when the thick snog enveloped.
Parimal Bardhan, a resident of DLF 1, said, “I called the police twice, but they remained indifferent.
I even reached the emergency number, 112.
My call was not answered for hours and when I finally connected someone, Van PCR was sent To patrol in the area but the rupture of crackers continued.
“Ruchika Setri Takkar, a resident of Deerwood.
Chasing in sector 50, said several residents in their communities and several residents of the neighboring community and Tigra Village ignored firecrackers.
“From 7pm and so on, I begged people not to explode firecrackers because of air pollution with asthma.
I also called the police three times but crackers exploded until 10:30 a.m.
(on Thursday).
Even on Friday, still In one of the nearest areas, “said Takkar.
Residents of Golf Road, “I woke up until the beginning of Friday morning since exploding Cracker continued until 3am on Friday.
It’s been a week since I stopped walking in the morning because of increasing pollution in the city.
I am a cough asthma patient cough and wheezing me.
E detergated.” Officials claimed fewer firecrackers exploded in this day compared to previous years.
“Because strict enforcement and more awareness among people, we have seen some positive changes.
If there are shortcomings, we will learn from our experience and try to do better.
We will do it will definitely increase our vigilance and create more A lot of awareness among people about the hazardous effects of crackers who exploded, “said Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg proactive decision to impose a complete ban on firecrackers.
But we also need to understand that people cannot celebrate Diwali last year because of the Covid-19 situation, “he said, adding to the coordination between law enforcement and other departments helped improve the situation.
Responding to the allegations that the police did not answer the call, Police Commissioner KK Rao said, “We direct all police stations to form a team to examine crackers and uphold rules strictly.
Every time we receive a call, a team is sent from each police station.
However, when we reached the place, the call was found to be a trick or people had moved from the location.
We can only take action against people who are in the place in place.
“He said Van PCR and police riders ensured patrols that were often in the city.
Some of the campfires were registered against violators for exploding crackers and illegal crackers, Rao added.
Registering fire extinguisher, fire broke on the fifth floor of a house in sector 49 but was quickly watered With a fire tender in a hurry to the place.
Some of the clothes at home are on fire but there is no big loss.
Some piles of waste also burned because the cracker exploded.
The fire department only received around four other calls, down from 28 incidents reported last year.
” The celebration was relatively peace without a large fire incident.
Our team is alert and identifies the points that are vulnerable and identified.
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In addition, we have been doing exercises and awareness among people, “said Gulshan Kalara, assistant division firefighters.