After offering prayers at the shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath, the Prime Minister spoke of how India s several centuries-old legacies were sought to be downplayed and neglected by previous rulers during the last seven decades.
Anybody bursting firecrackers in the national capital till January 1 can be fined Rs 200 and jailed up to six months, while sale, storage and production of firecrackers will attract a fine of Rs 5,000 and imprisonment up to three years under Section 9B of Explosives Act.