Following a Punjab and Haryana high court order,
the Punjab government has issued guidelines for cracker dealers ahead of
the festive season of Dushera, Diwali and Gurpurb.
These guidelines have been issued to all the district magistrates under the Explosive Rules-2008.
An official spokesperson said copies of these guidelines have been sent to the Punjab Pollution Control Board chairman and general managers of the industries department at district centres. It is also directed that these officers would give detailed information to the commissioner of police, senior superintendent of police and district fire officers regarding the guidelines.
The spokesperson added that these guidelines can be downloaded from the official website of the industries department at pbindustries.gov.in.
September 29, 2019, The Times of India