Around 200 shopkeepers have applied for seeking license for selling fire crackers on the occasion of Diwali in the Dehradun.
They will be issued license once they submit No Objection Certificate (NOC) from SSP office and department of Fire Services. City Magistrate GC Gunwant said this while talking to The Pioneer. Sale of crackers will not be allowed in restricted areas in the city, he added. To avoid any untoward incident during Diwali festival, applicants will be allowed to open cracker shops at identified locations. The areas which are densely populated have been restricted to open shop for selling crackers, he added.
Gunwant further said that Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam had recently released a notification highlighting restricted areas for selling crackers in various areas of the state capital. It has been mentioned that restricted areas are Paltan Market (Kotwali- Clock Tower), Moti Bazaar, Old Vegetable market-Hanuman Chowk, Dispensary Road, Clock Tower- Chakrata Road, Chakrata Road-Hanuman Temple and Survey Chowk-DAV College, Karanpur.
Apart from this, all areas where a narrow street persists and Fire Bridge can not reach will not be allowed to put cracker shops in the city, he added. Gunwant further said that more than 200 applicants have submitted applications for procuring NOC from above departments. As per instructions, these shopkeepers will be issued temporary licenses during Diwali festival, he added.
The applicants will be issued licenses for places like Parade ground under Dalanwala area; Ramleela Ground under Cantt area; Dussehra ground under Premnagar area; ITI ground under Patelnagar area; Bannu School ground under Nehru colony area; Dussehra ground under Clamant town area; Block development office ground, Tapowan under Raipur area; Sai wedding points ground under Vasant Vihar area; Ramleela Ground under Doiwala area.
Action will be taken against shopkeepers who open cracker shops in restricted areas in the city, he added.