- No seller to be allowed to sell crackers at any other site
Kapurthala: District administration has fixed the site to sell the fire crackers for coming festival of Diwali and Gurpurab in the month of October /November 2022.
SDM Kapurthala Lal Bishwash Bains said that it has been decided that the most suitable site corresponding to sale of fire crackers is the open ground adjacent to Covid
Isolation Centre on Circular Road, Kapurthala.
Hence, it is ordered that those permitted for sale of crackers after the draw of lots will be allowed to set up stalls at the said site only. No seller will be allowed to sell crackers at any other site.
He also said that various sites, owned by Govt. were visited and assessed for suitability for sale of crackers in context of ensuing festivals of Diwali/Gurpurab in the month of October/November 2022.
The sites were assessed on counts of safety and security, their capacity to hold incoming crowd of buyers, easy accessibility to road, ample parking space for buyers and fire tenders/ambulance & other logistical support system. aloofness from residential areas, distance from high tension wires/railway tracks/water bodies etc.
He said that after due diligence in context of the assessment exercise, it has been decided that the most suitable site corresponding to sale of fire crackers is the open ground adjacent to Covid Isolation Centre on Circular Road, Kapurthala.
Besides that MC Kapurthala has been asked for cleaning of the site, and provision of fire tenders at the site as per requirement.