NAGPUR: With the threat of a new Covid-19 strain, the district administration is taking precautions by asking people to avoid year-end gatherings, building up to a subdued New Year’s Eve this time in Nagpur city and district.
As a preventive measure, the district administration, city and rural police have taken a slew of decisions, including no New Year parties, and ban on bursting firecrackers at all public places, stated a press release issued by the district collectorate.
Besides, section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 has been clamped in the district from December 31 till January 1, 2021. This precludes gathering of more than 4 people at any public space. Any person violating this order shall be liable to legal punishment under the provisions of Section 188.
The administration has further appealed to the people not to burst firecrackers near petrol pumps, cylinders, godowns, kerosene depots, firecracker shops, flammable depots, chemical depots, shops or markets in the city, as the possibility of loss of life as well as financial loss cannot be ruled out. Firecrackers are prohibited within 200 feet of all these establishments, it stated.
The noise made by firecrackers should not exceed 110 to 115 decibels within a distance of 4 meters from the place of firing of firecrackers. Crackers are also banned near schools, colleges, hospitals, courts etc, which fall in silent zone. Firecrackers are not allowed within 100 meters of these locations, it clarified.