Jammu and Kashmir: District administration bans sale, use of firecrackers along International Border

Jammu and Kashmir news: The administration on Friday (November 3) ordered a ban on the sale and use of firecrackers along the International Border in Jammu district, officials said. The district administration issued an order tonight to ban the sale and use of firecrackers.

Loudspeaker-fitted police vehicles drove around the border areas along IB in Arnia and RS Pura asking people to keep away from the sale and use of firecrackers in the border belt.

"The ban has been ordered on the selling and bursting of firecrackers in a 5-km area along the IB. Those found involved in violation of it will be prosecuted as per law,” announced a police official on loudspeaker in the border hamlets tonight.

This step has been taken in view of security aspects in the border belt.

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