November 24, 2009 / SaB

are they serious??

I couldnt believe my eyes when I read this…why why why??

Plan to allow firecrackers till midnight

Viju B | TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: 19.11.09

If this Diwali was earsplitting thanks to police inaction, the next one may be even noisier courtesy the Union ministry of environment and forests. In a draft amendment to the Noise Rules, 2000, the ministry has proposed extending the 10 pm deadline for firecrackers till midnight for 15 days of the year; it also proposes giving autonomous powers to district magistrates to notify these extension days.

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I come from a state where bursting soundcrackers are banned. Period. There was a lot of hullabaloo when this law was passed, but I think better sense prevailed on all, when they got to see the benefits of having such a law.

I wait for the day when all soundcrackers will be banned and the only things we get to see would be those noiseless crackers that light up the night sky..