Police intensify patrolling and surveillance to curb use of firecrackers

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२४ कार्तिक २०८३, मंगलवार १४:००November 10, 2026

Parsa. The police have further tightened the transportation, sale and use of such items after the incidents of bursting firecrackers in view of this Tihar and upcoming Chhath festival.

The police have stepped up surveillance after children died of shrapnel while bursting firecrackers in the district. On Monday, a five-year-old boy, Kundan Sahani, died after being hit by shrapnel in Mainpur Rural Municipality-2 of Parsa district.TAG_OPEN_div_15

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Chakra Bahadur Malla said that the District Police Office has intensified special patrolling and surveillance to control the smuggling, sale and use of firecrackers and explosives entering Nepal from the bordering areas.TAG_OPEN_div_13

TAG_OPEN_div_11 According to him, the monitoring and control mechanism of the police administration has been activated after the situation of firecrackers being easily available in the rural settlements and market areas during the festival. In this context, the police have increased surveillance from the border areas to the rural settlements.

In the past, the police had repeatedly requested people to stay away from firecrackers and explosives during the festivals.TAG_OPEN_div_9