The Mumbai Police have imposed a month-long ban on bursting firecrackers and setting off rockets within designated areas around the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) installations in Mumbai’s Mahul oil refinery belt. The move aims to prevent potential fire hazards around sensitive petroleum installations, where a stray spark could pose a serious safety risk.

Period of restriction

The restriction, issued on November 2 by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) Akbar Pathan, will remain in force starting November 3 until December 2. The order prohibits people from bursting firecrackers or sending up rockets within 500 metres beyond the buffer zones of the specified bottling plants and other listed installations.