Port Blair, Oct 25: With the rest of the Country , Diwali (Deepawali) the festival of lights is being celebrated in these Islands. On this occasion crackers will be sold at ITF Ground from 29th October to 8th November, 2018. 50 stalls have been allotted to shop keepers who have got licenses for sale of crackers from the Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman District.
Arrangements have also made at ITF Ground for fire extinguishers, standby Fire Tenders, Generators, Toilet Blocks & Water arrangements, GI sheet for wall roof, partition etc 24X 7 CCTV Cameras will also be installed for effective monitoring by Fire/ Police Authority. All these arrangements have been made as advised by the Administration with the support of Police, Fire Brigade, PBMC Electricity, APWD & DC Office.
The general public as well as the shop keepers have been requested by ACCI to abide by the rules and regulations as prescribed by the Administration on the subject so as to reduce overcrowd, accident and hazardous situation, a release from Mr. Girish Arora, President ACCI said here today.