Taking note of an incident in Ghaziabad where five persons died in a blast in fire crackers unit on Friday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the
state officials to identify illegal firecracker factories and act against those operating them.
Adityanath, who also expressed his condolences at the loss of lives, termed as “tragic”, the incident which occurred in Ghaziabad district in which five persons were charred to death in a fire that broke out at a cracker godown leading to blast. He directed all the district magistrates and superintendents of police to identify all illegal firecracker factories in the state and take stern action against those operating them.
No factory should operate without a licence and it should be ascertained that those having the licence are operating as per norms, he told officials. “It should be ensured that, firecracker factories do not operate in populated areas,” the CM said.
It may be mentioned that 5 persons died in a fire that broke out at a cracker
godown in Farrukh Nagar village in Sahibabad locality of Ghaziabad on Friday afternoon.
