The Bombay High Court has stated that citizens can burst firecrackers only between 7 pm and 10 pm in Mumbai during Diwali and instructed the civic body and police to ensure its order is followed, but as of Tuesday evening, ambiguity prevailed with regard to implementing the guideline.
 
Senior officials told mid-day that ward officials would do the monitoring while the latter said they were awaiting guidelines from headquarters. Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) won’t slap citizens with fines for not adhering to the court’s order but it will be a case of contempt of court, said an official.

Though the BMC has issued many guidelines, formed squads and started taking action, no restrictions on bursting crackers in the city were imposed by local authorities as well as the state government. On Monday, the high court set a three-hour window for bursting crackers.