Good law! But how to implement?
The restriction on the bursting of firecrackers cannot be implemented,
police officials tasked with local level enforcement feel.
Ahead of Deepavali every year, the authorities are at pains to spread the
message of safety and draw public attention to the ban on bursting of
firecrackers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., in accordance with a judgment passed
by the Supreme Court in 2005. Very few people bother to follow even these basic
instructions. There were many instances of people bursting crackers on the
streets or terrace of their houses beyond the stipulated time — 10 p.m or
before 6 a.m. It was practically impossible to enforce the restriction in the
previous years. How will the police implement the present restriction?
Last year, the police received several calls to the control room on the
bursting of crackers beyond 10 p.m. When the patrol party reached such spots,
the revellers had vanished. In most of the cases, children or youngsters were
found bursting crackers, then how could they proceed against them and what
provision of law could be invoked since they were bursting crackers for fun? There
were also cases of false complaints by neighbours trying to settle scores. Police
only booked cases against people in case the cracker bursting led to injuries
or caused damage to property.
Normally during Deepavali, the strength of the police force is also
lesser than on normal days. Nearly the entire city bursts crackers during the
festival. How will they book everyone who violates time restrictions for
celebrating with crackers? Sheer impossibility.
People should have elementary decency to obey civic laws. Earlier days it
was only a lights festival. Sivakasi manufacturers also manufactured the idea
that during diwali crackers should be burst. Originally in the festive season
of Deepawali, the firecrackers' inflammation has increased. Firecrackers are
extensively used in these particular occasion which is another way maximum
offence due to have no restrictions bursting firecrackers openly in the public
path. Firecrackers are mainly small explosive device from where maximum sudden
accidental cases can happen. Supreme Court covered earlier in an exclusive
report that the bursting firecrackers with a high level of volume should not be
allowed for all time even in a particular zone that should be restricted of
firing between 8 pm to 10 pm during the season of Deepavali or anything in the
particular occasion. Firecrackers would be banned or stopped in the light of
festive season that is so hard to restrict even accessing within a certain
limit. Maximum revellers try to burst previously and stealthily before being recognised
by the higher authority. It is really tough to control completely although it
is happening in different places even sometimes brutally without caring some
angry glances of the police force.
A total ban on the manufacture and sale of fire crackers etc is welcome. why
it's so hard for the system to ban the manufacturing of fireworks in the first
place if they really aim at curbing the pollution. As it's not the matter of
one person cause but for the sake of humans and environment. Where people don't
understand that this fun is on the price of lives of the people, being on the
steering wheel it's a call for some strict actions that ought to be taken by
the government.
All of us in this country know it well that such court orders or any law
or rule for that matter are there to be honoured by a few law abiding citizens
and not by a majority of people who hardly care for them. Disrespecting
rules/court orders/ laws is so easy in this country.What happened to the ban on
DJ and the ban on plastic..!!???
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