Mumbai: BMC bans firecrackers on Diwali due to COVID-19

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Mumbai: BMC bans firecrackers on Diwali due to COVID-19

Mumbai: BMC bans firecrackers on Diwali due to COVID-19

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Published 05 Nov 2020

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation on Thursday announced that it will ban bursting or lighting of all fire-crackers at public places during the upcoming Diwali festival.

Additional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani said that any violators shall be penalized and the SOPs in this regard would be issued shortly.

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