Noida: 35 issued fines for bursting firecrackers day after Diwali

Noida: In a move aimed at controlling the pollution situation in the district and to ensure enforcement of the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on firecrackers

Noida: In a move aimed at controlling the pollution situation in the district and to ensure enforcement of the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on firecrackers in the later part of the month, Noida police commissionerate on Sunday fined 35 people for bursting firecrackers.

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While 15 fines were issued by the Phase 3 police, 20 were issued by the Surajpur police.

“Since before Diwali, police teams across the district have been patrolling the streets, asking people to adhere to the NGT ban Awareness drives were carried out on Diwali as well. We have been constantly making announcements on speaker systems. Many people who were seen flouting norms were also given warnings. However, there were a few who continued with violations. Fifteen such people from different parts of the jurisdiction were then fiend and sent to jail,” said Jitendra Kumar Dikshit, SHO, Phase 3 police station.

They were booked for disrupting public order under Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, he said.

Surajpur police had also fined three people on Diwali night for these violations. They were among five in the entire district who were booked.

The NGT ban is effective till midnight of November 30 and senior police officials said that the enforcement and awareness drives will continue while action will be taken against violators.

Air quality in the district had fallen to the “severe” category on Diwali night, which has now come under the “poor” quality, and will continue to improve further according to the India Meteorological Department.