{"id":159058,"date":"2024-10-22T15:07:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/ahead-of-diwali-mumbai-police-ban-use-and-sale-of-sky-lanterns\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T15:07:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:07:24","slug":"ahead-of-diwali-mumbai-police-ban-use-and-sale-of-sky-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/ahead-of-diwali-mumbai-police-ban-use-and-sale-of-sky-lanterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of Diwali, Mumbai police ban use and sale of sky lanterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-114470967,imgsize-256848.cms?resize=1920,1280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ahead of Diwali, Mumbai police ban use and sale of sky lanterns\" title=\"Ahead of Diwali, Mumbai police ban use and sale of sky lanterns\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"6\">Mumbai: Ahead of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/diwali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diwali<\/a>, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mumbai-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mumbai police<\/a> on Tuesday banned the use, sale and storage of sky lanterns for a month as a safety and security measure, an official said. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->The ban would be in force from October 23 to November 21, an order issued by a senior police official said. Sky lanterns could pose a grave danger to lives and damage <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/public-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public property<\/a>, the order said. <\/p>\n<p>Violators of the order will be booked under Section 223 of the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita<\/a>, the official said. <\/p>\n<p>Flying sky lanterns had purportedly started a fire in a 36-storey under-construction building in Malad East in January 2015, prompting the then Mumbai fire chief, P Rahangdale, to request police to ban such lanterns.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/ahead-of-diwali-mumbai-police-ban-use-and-sale-of-sky-lanterns\/articleshow\/114470967.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Ahead of Diwali, Mumbai police on Tuesday banned the use, sale and storage of sky lanterns for a month as a safety and security measure, an official said. The ban would be in force from October 23 to November 21, an order issued by a senior police official said. 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