Despite a blanket ban on fireworks in the national capital owing to runaway pollution and worsening air quality, revellers across the city engaged in bursting firecrackers with abandon on Diwali night.
Multiple people sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out in a fireworks market at a ground named Gopal Bagh located in Mathura district's Raya town.
"I appeal to people in Delhi and nearby areas of Delhi. Diwali is a festival of diyas. Celebrate Diwali in a grand manner by lighting diyas but don't burst crackers and make it difficult for people to breathe because the festival is to spread happiness," Rai told ANI.
A day before the state lights up for Kali Puja and Diwali, revellers thronged Chanpahati, which is home to the state's largest firecracker market in the South 24 Parganas district, to bring home crackers for the festivities.
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