Amid the Diwali festivities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) on Wednesday seized 166.25 kg unlawful firecrackers.
From October 25, the civic physique has seized a complete of 229.5 kg of unlawful firecrackers. The BMC’s license division had final week initiated crackdown on unlawful fireplace crackers in Mumbai.
In accordance with the civic knowledge, of the entire unlawful firecrackers seized over the previous one week, 43 kg have been seized from Ok/West (Andheri, Juhu, Versova) wards, 22 kg from G/South (Worli, Decrease Parel, Prabhadevi) areas and 18 kg from L (Kurla) ward.
The BMC’s knowledge reveals that no unlawful firecrackers have been seized from M/East (Govandi, Mankhurd), N (Ghatkopar), P/North (Malad), G/North (Dadar, Mahim), C (Kalbadevi) and A (Fort, Nariman Level, Marine Drive) wards.
“The municipal company’s pointers mandate having a particular licence for promoting fireplace crackers together with an NOC from the Mumbai Hearth Brigade (MFB). The entities that have been promoting the crackers didn’t have these paperwork and the crackers offered by them have been additionally procured by unlawful means,” mentioned a civic official.
The BMC officers maintained that the drive for seizing firecrackers will proceed throughout the festive season.
In the meantime, Municipal Commissioner and state-appointed administrator Bhushan Gagrani had issued a directive stating that bursting of firecrackers might be allowed solely between 8 pm and 10 pm on the day of Diwali.
