Ignoring 8 to 10 time slot, Silchar immerses in bursting firecrackers from 5 PM on Diwali

Nov. 14: District Magistrate, Cachar in an order issued on 13 November categorically specified that, “No person shall sale/ purchase /store/ display or burst bombs, crackers or other sound producing fireworks at any public place and thoroughfare with immediate effect. Only green crackers can be sold and bursting is allowed only for two hours during Diwali Festival from 8 P.M. to 10 P.M.”

However, the practical scenario on Diwali evening was quite the reverse in Silchar. People at large in Sichar began to burst multiple types of sound producing firecrackers from around 5 P.M. Sound producing firecrackers were indiscriminately used by the people in almost every part of the town. In certain areas, people even started to burst firecrackers on the roads.