Relaxation on cracker ban unlikely in Chandigarh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 8

The UT Administration is unlikely to relax the ban on crackers in the city on Diwali.

After representations regarding relaxations, UT Adviser Manoj Parida said: “I am not in the favour of three-hour relaxation as lives and health of senior citizens and patients are more important than fun of children.”

The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal today sent a representation to the UT Administrator to review the ban on firecrackers immediately as traders would suffer huge losses.

AAP president Prem Garg also wrote to the Administrator mentioning that Punjab had not banned the sale and use of crackers and Haryana has also given a two-hour relaxation for selling and bursting crackers. On the similar lines, the UT should also allow limited sale and bursting of firecrackers for two hours from 8 pm to 10 pm so that vendors don’t suffer any losses and children are also not deprived of some fun in these depressing days of staying at home for so long.