• Diwali, Gurupurab, etc: 8:00 PM to 10: 00 PM
• Christmas eve and New Year’s eve 11:55 PM to 12:30 AM
DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 11 (MExN): In compliance with the Supreme Court’s directives on the ban of fireworks and in the interest of public safety, Commissioner of Police, Dimapur and District Magistrate has banned/prohibited bursting of firecrackers in Dimapur, Chümoukedima and Niuland districts with immediate effect.
However, on Diwali days or on any other festivals like Gurupurab etc. when such fireworks generally take place, it would be strictly from 8 PM till 10 PM. While on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, it would be from 11:55 PM to 12:30 AM.
The order also stated that no item (s) other than the reduced emission firecrackers (improved crackers) and reduced emission firecrackers (green crackers: safe water and air sprinklers) as prescribed and approved by the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO) shall be used during the permitted hours. The sale shall only be through licensed traders and it shall be ensured that the traders are selling those firecrackers which are permitted by this order.
The order also directed to ensure that no fireworks shall be burst in silence zones, that is, an area 100 meters away from hospitals, nursing homes, primary and district health-care centres, educational institutions, courts, religious places or any other area that may be declared as a silence zone by the authorities concerned.
Further, manufacture, sale and use of joined firecrackers (series crackers or laris) or fireworks containing barium salts/lithium/arsenic/antimony/lead/mercury or fire crackers generating noise level exceeding 125 Db (AI) or 145 Db ©pk at 4 meters distance from the point of bursting has been banned.
Anyone violating this directive shall be penalized as per the provisions of the law, the order stated.
