nA total of 12 cases under Section 188 IPC and 51-B Disaster Management Act 2005 were registered against those who were found selling or bursting fire crackers despite a ban on intervening night of November 14 and 15 in the city.
12 cases were registered and 11 persons were arrested for violation of ban on sale and bursting of crackers in the city, said an official spokesman.
Giving details, the spokesman said that two cases were registered in central division, five in east division and four in south division of the union territory for violation of ban on bursting of crackers. Similarly, two persons were arrested in central division, five in east division and three in south division for bursting firecrackers despite a ban.
One person was arrested and a case was registered against him for selling firecrackers in the union territory.
The provisions under the Disaster Management Act are stricter as compared to Section 188 of the IPC, which carries maximum jail of only three months. Section 51 of the Act provides for a jail term of two years in case anyone gets hurt and one year for violation.
Apart from this, Chandigarh ERSS PSAP (Police Control Room) had received 667 calls, out of which 347 spots were generated in the union territory. Police ERUs (PCR) were dispatched on 322 spots, Fire ERUs (Fire tender) dispatched on 24 spots and Medical ERUs (Ambulance) were dispatched on 34 spots in the city, the spokesman said.
113 complaints related to firecrackers bursting nuisance, 10 related to nuisance, 24 related to fire incident, 18 related to accidents, 76 regarding quarrels and 106 of miscellaneous nature were attended by the UT Police, he added.
While this year 347 spots were generated, last year 420 spots were generated in the city, the spokesman added.
9 PEOPLE INJURED DUE TO FIRECRACKERS RECORDED AT PGIMER
Nine people were reported at PGIMER due to firecracker injuries on the occasion of Diwali. Giving details of the patients, an official spokesman said that one patient each was reported from Chandigarh, Himachal, two from Haryana and three from Punjab at eye emergency.
In the eye emergency ward, seven patients including six males were reported. Among them, four had major (open globe injury) and three had minor injuries. All are currently stable, the spokesman said.
A male resident of Mohali, Punjab was a case of superficial facial burn and is currently admitted in Plastic surgery ICU with stable vitals. A female patient, resident of Una, HP, a case of oral cavity deep burn, has been operated upon and is currently admitted in Trauma ICU. She is currently on ventilatory support, the spokesman added.