The Calcutta High Court has banned the sale and use of firecrackers during Diwali and Chhath Puja.
Kolkata:
Kolkata Police will take strict action against anyone who bursts crackers in violation of the Calcutta High Court’s ban on the sale and use of all types of firecrackers during Diwali and Chhath Puja, a senior official said on Saturday.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra held a meeting with all the Deputy Commissioners and other senior officers of the force during the day and directed them to ensure that the ban is strictly enforced.
“There will be strict vigil across the city and we will take strict action as per law against the violators,” the official said.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a ban on the sale and use of all firecrackers during Diwali, Chhath Puja and other festivities to check air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A division bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Justice Aniruddha Roy directed the police to initiate legal action against anyone found violating the ban.
The bench passed the order on a petition seeking re-implementation of the 2020 ban on firecrackers.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Police seized 775.75 kg of banned fireworks and arrested four persons on Friday.
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