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The packaging with strict measures for possible violations of security standards during the official inspection, which is held according to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), more than 200 fireworks in the Virudhunagar district remained on Monday (July 14, 2025).
According to police sources, approximately 250 units in Taluks of Sivakasi, Sattur and Vembakottai were not opened on Monday.
At the beginning of July 8, while Suo Moto knowledge of media reports of frequent accidents in the flip -flops leading to loss of life, the southern bench NGT ordered that all required liquidation and chief explosive controller, official teams (Peso) order all required units from different authorities.
The teams were entrusted to check the strict compliance with the conditions imposed on the licenses and the recommended security measures in addition to the implementation of regular inspections of the units.
“If one of the units is discovered, the authorities are ordered to act, including closure,” NGT said, awarded 10 days to complete the inspection. Another hearing is 22 July.
The manager said that the collector of the district district of Virudhunagar recently created several teams composed of officials from the Directorate of Industrial Security and Health, Department of Income, Police and Fire and Rescue. “It looks like the owners of the factories let them lock them without starting the work to avoid the authorities to control their units,” the official added.
Published – 14 July 2025 02:56
