Ban on sale of 'rocket' crackers

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, NOV. 9. All licensees in the Union Territory have been instructed not to sell rocket-type crackers and violators will face stringent penal action, the Pondicherry Divisional Fire Officer, Mr. S.Vaithianathan, told newsmen here on Thursday. Crackers flying into air from the ground were banned for reasons of safety.

A list of `dos and donts' had been brought out by the fire service department to highlight precautionary measures to be taken in bursting crackers during Deepavali.

Mr.Vaithianathan said that there were reports that bulk purchases of crackers had been made jointly by the people for sharing with others, in order to minimise expenditure. But stocking of crackers in bulk should not be done without licence.

The conditions attached to licences should be strictly adhered to by merchants and keeping stocks in excess of the permitted level would render the licensees liable for penal action. About 250 shops had been sanctioned licences to sell crackers.

Children should not be engaged in the establishments selling crackers and there should be no display of crackers on pavements and footpaths.

None should carry cracker parcels in buses, trains or any other mode of transport. No cracker should be sent by any channel as that would be risky.

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