The district administration has cancelled the permanent licences of four firecracker shops following a Supreme Court order banning the sale of fireworks in Delhi and the National Capital Region. The licences of two shops in the Dadri area and one each in Rabupura and Jehangirpur have been cancelled, Greater Noida City Magistrate Rajesh Kumar said. "Their permanent licence to sell crackers had to be cancelled in view of the Supreme Court's order. The administration has also stopped issuing and processing temporary licences.

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