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The Greater Chennai City Police registered 319 cases for violating firecracker regulations during Deepavali, including bursting of crackers beyond the permitted hours.
In enactment with Supreme Court directions, the Tamil Nadu Government had issued an advisory restricting the bursting of crackers betwixt 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. It besides prohibited the manufacture, sale, and usage of crackers producing dependable levels supra 125 decibels.
City constabulary unit were deployed crossed assorted neighbourhoods to show compliance. From Sunday (October 19, 2025) greeting to Tuesday (October 21) morning, 319 cases were booked for bursting crackers extracurricular the permitted clip slots. These were registered nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the City Police Act, with the highest fig of cases reported successful Pulianthope and Washermenpet areas.
Decline successful fire-related calls
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) power country received 43 fire-related calls crossed the State connected Deepavali time (October 20), compared to 150 calls past year.
G. Sathiyanarayan, Joint Director of TNFRS, said, “Over 1,000 unit were connected work wrong Chennai metropolis limits. We received lone 15 occurrence calls linked to cracker bursting, compared to 48 incidents past year. The simplification is chiefly owed to the rainfall.”
He added that the section had conducted consciousness campaigns successful schools and colleges and organised a ‘Come and learn’ programme for the nationalist connected October 11 and 12 astatine each occurrence stations. “We besides spot increasing consciousness among the nationalist astir the ill-effects of bursting crackers,” Mr. Sathiyanarayan said.
