According to the Environment Minister's Office, "79 cases related to the sale and storage of firecrackers have been registered and approximately 19,005 kg of firecrackers have been seized so far."
BJP national secretary Anil Antony on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the recent fireworks incident in Kasargod, Kerala, which left 154 people injured, with eight requiring hospitalisation.
The BMC has advised Mumbai residents to refrain from bursting firecrackers after 10 PM and has urged people to reduce the number of firecrackers they use.
Expressing her distress over the incident, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to social media X and wrote in a post "Deeply disturbed by the tragic firecracker blast in Kasargod, which has left hundreds injured, many in critical condition. My thoughts and prayers are with those wound
In their ongoing counter-offensive operation Asan, the Indian Army's White Knight Corps successfully eliminated three terrorists during an intense firefight in the Akhnoor region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking to ANI, Tiwari said "This is a very big negligence of the government. It is a very sad incident. I pray for the speedy recovery of the people. they should have taken care of this when they knew something like this could occur."
Kasargod MP Rajmohan Unnithan said on Tuesday that 154 people were injured in a fireworks accident during a festival celebration in Veerarkavu Temple in Kerala's Kasargod.
More than 150 people are injured in a fireworks accidedent in Kerala's Neeleswaram of Kasargod district on Monday midnight, the police said. The injured have shifted to hospitals .
Hyderabad district fire official, Srinivas Reddy, said the fire broke out at around 11 pm on Monday, following which fire tenders were sent to the spot.
The Portland Police Bureau stated that officers responded to the fire in Oregon around 3:30 am (local time) on Monday at a ballot box where an "incendiary device" had been placed. Security personnel quickly extinguished the flames.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai launched the 'Diya Jalao, Patake Nahi' campaign on Monday and appealed to people to avoid firecrackers to keep pollution 'in-check'.