Only green firecrackers should be sold in Karnataka, CM Siddaramaiah tells DCs
Bengaluru, Oct 26: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the sale of eco-friendly green crackers alone should be allowed in the state this Deepavali.
Also, there should be no harm, injuries or deaths due to fire crackers in the state, he underlined during a meeting with the deputy commissioners of all the districts.
“Deepavali is approaching. The Supreme Court has given guidelines on what kind of crackers should be burst. Only green crackers should be sold and they should be burst from 8 pm to 10 pm,” Siddaramaiah briefed reporters after the meeting.
The deputy commissioners have been directed to carry out inspections at cracker shops.
“The district officials should register cases against shopkeepers who sell crackers other than green ones, if they do not follow safety regulations, do not sell them at the designation place and do not have proper warehouses to store them,” the Chief Minister explained.
Emphasising on need to prevent any damage to the environment, he said, “I have also informed the DCs that there should not be any harm, injuries or deaths due to crackers in their districts.”
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3 dead after light planes collided in Australia
Sydney, Oct 26: Three men died after two light planes collided midair and crashed into a forested area southwest of Sydney on Saturday.
Australian police, fire and ambulance crews reached the two wreckage sites, located in a semirural bushland area about 55 miles southwest of Sydney, on foot. One plane had burst into flames on impact.
New South Wales Police Acting Superintendent Timothy Calman confirmed that a Cessna 182 carrying two people collided with an ultralight aircraft from a nearby airfield carrying one.
Further details of the victims have not been disclosed.
Witnesses saw “debris coming from the sky” and tried to help, but “there was probably not much that could've been done,” Calman said to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . He noted both crashes, about one kilometre apart, were “not survivable.”
NSW Ambulance Inspector Joseph Ibrahim, part of the emergency response team, said to the ABC, “unfortunately, there was nothing they could've done.”
The cause of the crash will be investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
