Shimla residents flout DC’s 2-hour cracker deadline, go bursting firecrackers till past midnight

Shimla residents flout DC’s 2-hour cracker deadline, go bursting firecrackers till past midnight

Locals complain of sleepless night; traders blame sudden surge in licensed shops Sunil ChadhaSHIMLA:Despite the two-hour window fixed by the district administration, several parts of Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla continued to echo with the sound of firecrackers late into the night on Diwali. The directive issued by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anupam Kashyap had allowed residents to burst only green firecrackers between 8 pm and 10 pm, but the ord…