West Bengal blast aftermath: No recent license to firecracker models at district ranges
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By IANS
KOLKATA: In the aftermath of a serious blast at an unlawful firecracker warehouse in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on August 27, the state authorities has determined to undertake robust measures in granting recent licenses or renewal of licenses to firecracker utilities.
As step one on this rely, state authorities sources mentioned, the system of granting recent licenses or renewal of outdated licenses for firecracker utilities on the district degree could be completely executed away with. Instead, the method can be executed at a centralised degree.
“There had been instances of corruption at the district level in granting of fresh licenses or renewal of licenses, where many such units, including firecracker manufacturing factories and warehouses used to operate without adopting the minimum safety norms. So the state government has decided to centralise the system totally to eliminate possibilities of corruption on this count,” mentioned a senior state authorities official who didn’t want to be named.
Strict directions on this rely have been issued from the state chief secretary to the completely different district magistrates and district police superintendents.
“At the same time, the state government has also decided to involve the Intelligence Branch of the state police to get information about the illegal firecracker utilities, be it manufacturing factories or warehouses. The district police superintendents have also been asked to start a massive drive in their respective district against such illegal entities and confiscate all illegal firecrackers,” a state authorities official mentioned.
The previous few months have seen successive blasts in unlawful firecracker utilities in several pockets of the state.
On May 16 this yr, as many as 9 individuals died in an analogous blast at an unlawful fire-cracker manufacturing facility at Egra in East Midnapore district. The proprietor of the manufacturing facility Bhanu Bag was amongst these killed within the blast.
Again on May 21, there was an analogous blast at Budge Budge in South 24 Parganas district. Though nobody was killed within the blast, some have been injured and the occasion revealed how your entire Budge Budge space had turn out to be a hub for unlawful fire-cracker factories and warehouses.
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KOLKATA: In the aftermath of a serious blast at an unlawful firecracker warehouse in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on August 27, the state authorities has determined to undertake robust measures in granting recent licenses or renewal of licenses to firecracker utilities.
As step one on this rely, state authorities sources mentioned, the system of granting recent licenses or renewal of outdated licenses for firecracker utilities on the district degree could be completely executed away with. Instead, the method can be executed at a centralised degree.
“There had been instances of corruption at the district level in granting of fresh licenses or renewal of licenses, where many such units, including firecracker manufacturing factories and warehouses used to operate without adopting the minimum safety norms. So the state government has decided to centralise the system totally to eliminate possibilities of corruption on this count,” mentioned a senior state authorities official who didn’t want to be named.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Strict directions on this rely have been issued from the state chief secretary to the completely different district magistrates and district police superintendents.
“At the same time, the state government has also decided to involve the Intelligence Branch of the state police to get information about the illegal firecracker utilities, be it manufacturing factories or warehouses. The district police superintendents have also been asked to start a massive drive in their respective district against such illegal entities and confiscate all illegal firecrackers,” a state authorities official mentioned.
The previous few months have seen successive blasts in unlawful firecracker utilities in several pockets of the state.
On May 16 this yr, as many as 9 individuals died in an analogous blast at an unlawful fire-cracker manufacturing facility at Egra in East Midnapore district. The proprietor of the manufacturing facility Bhanu Bag was amongst these killed within the blast.
Again on May 21, there was an analogous blast at Budge Budge in South 24 Parganas district. Though nobody was killed within the blast, some have been injured and the occasion revealed how your entire Budge Budge space had turn out to be a hub for unlawful fire-cracker factories and warehouses.
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