The District Magistrate, North Goa has prohibited carrying of all types of arms, fire arms, ammunition, lethal weapons, in any public place, street, road squares, through fare, by lanes, or in any open place in entire North Goa District with immediate effect until further orders.
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The District Magistrate has also directed all the arms license holders in the North Goa District to deposit all their fire arms at the nearest police stations of their respective jurisdiction immediately. All the firearms deposited will be returned to their license holders after five days from counting. It is also made known that, if any person has a real threat to his or her person or property, he or she should approach the Director General of Police for providing necessary security by the police, but under no circumstances will any person be allowed to carry his own personal firearm or firearms license or otherwise except with special permission of District Magistrate North.
This Chaturthi, all vendors engaged in sale of fireworks will be shifted opposite the Mapusa taxi-stand as the civic body has banned shop owners inside the market from storing or selling fireworks in the market during the festival.
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Published Jul 30, 2017, 4:32 AM IST
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MAPUSA Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) has decided to shift all stalls selling firecrackers to the space which was earlier occupied by interstate buses opposite the taxi stand for the period of Chaturthi festival. "All fireworks stalls will be shifted to the space opposite the taxi-stand for period of 15 days, four days before Ganesh Chathurthi from August 21 to September 4," said Clen Madeira, MMC Chief Officer in a public notice issued in a local daily. It may be recalled…
