Kolkata, Oct. 18 -- Armed with a judicial order, Kolkata Police today cracked down on the banned firecrackers across the city and its neighbourhood with the latest arrest of a vendor from Esplanade while he was transporting over 600 kg of explosives, official sources said.
The Calcutta High Court responding to a PIL directed the state government to submit a report on the compliance with earlier directives to curb air and sound pollution during festivals of Kali Puja, Diwali and Chhath beginning October 20.
Police maintained they have already seized over 3,000 kg of banned explosives, which make ear splitting sounds and likely cause harm to the people both from sound and air pollution and booked dozens of people for trading and selling ban...