No Firecrackers near Chembur’s Mahul Refineries this Diwali, Police order says
Mumbai Police have banned bursting, throwing or launching firecrackers and rockets within 500 metres beyond the buffer zones of the BPCL and HPCL sites along Mahul Road in Chembur. The ban runs from 3 November to 2 December.
The order covers both refineries, the Mahul Terminal, their BDU plant areas, and the area behind the 15-acre and 50-acre plots up to the Special Oil Refinery.
A second order bans selling, displaying or carrying firecrackers for sale in public places anywhere in Mumbai without a valid licence.
DCP (Operations) Akbar Pathan issued both orders on 2 November under the Maharashtra Police Act to prevent safety hazards. Copies will be displayed in public places, and the orders will also be announced by loudspeaker.