It’s Diwali once more for fireworks traders in Lucknow

It is all set to be the second coming of Diwali as the Ram temple consecration ceremony slated for January 22 has brought the sparkle back for fireworks traders in Lucknow with the administration deciding to provide temporary licences for the sale of crackers on the occasion. Even a single day’s permission will give a boost to the business as there is both excitement and demand for crackers in the market, said the Lucknow Fireworks Association with whom several traders are associated. Lucknow Police on Thursday decided to provide temporary fireworks licences/permission to a limited number of people for setting up temporary fireworks shops in limited numbers/locations after a request by the Fireworks Dealers Welfare Association, Uttar Pradesh. “A meeting in this regard was held where a decision to provide temporary licence and a ground was decided for the convenience of citizens/vendors, use of fireworks on the occasion of consecration of the idol of Shri Ram Lalla in Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya, in the district Lucknow like Diwali festival,” said a press statement by joint commissioner of police, Law and Order, Upendra Kr.