Kolkata / Siliguri: The Chairman of the Minister of Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday set a tone to celebrate Puja times when he insisted only using green crackers and asked everyone to follow all guidelines related to pollution issued by the Supreme Court.
On the day, a petition was submitted in the Calcutta High Court asking for a ban on blankets, Banerjee – on the sidelines of the administrative meeting in North Bengal – saying that “all the guidelines needed to stop pollution during puja times must be obeyed”.
Returning to Kolkata, City Police held several meetings with the organizers of Puja times at the division level on Tuesday.
“Some things were delayed in the High Court.
We have notified the organizers that they must follow the word court order word for word and when they are released.
We also remind them to continue the rules last year and stop the entry of visitors to Pandal.
We have repeatedly warned them against them Crowding near the main barricade, “said a senior officer.
While some organizers said they had approached the police to establish kiosks far from the main pandal, the final decision would be taken later by Lalbazar.
The source says everything will depend on the instructions received from Nabanna and the court.
“We don’t want to be in a hurry until now,” said an officer, adding that they planned to close some bylanes in about two main puja clusters in the city – Amherst Street and Parnenree – at night Puja times to allow the circulation of a better crowd.
Kolkata police will apply at least one civil volunteer in each puja pandal at night Puja and at least two policemen in medium-sized pujas.
This exceeds and exceeds the deployment that will be made in each division to stop using crackers.
The final spread plan that will reach the individual police division will be withdrawn “maintaining land conditions in mind”.
“Last year, the court had ordered that no one could enter a pandal and that distance 5m must be maintained.
The officers and volunteers to be deployed will ensure it.
If needed, they will look for reserves from the local police station,” said an officer in Lalbazar.
Additional forces tend to be stored in standby in each division for certain emergency deployments.
The police have stated that someone found “promoting” the use of illegal firecrackers will be prosecuted.
They have asked for assistance from Puja organizers to act as their eyes and ears and spread the news in the environment.
The detective department on Tuesday confiscated around 400 kg of forbidden crackers from a warehouse in Jorasanko.