Despite the two-hour window for bursting crackers having ended on Sunday night, the noise continued unabated on Monday, with celebrations beginning around 7 pm and lasting until 2 am or 3 am. Kolkata: The noise demon continued to torture Kolkata for the third consecutive night, with banned high-decibel firecrackers being burst across several pockets of the city well past midnight. Residents alleged that police intervention remained sporadic, allowing revellers to flout noise norms on streets and inside complexes.
Avik Roy, a resident of Adhunika Cooperative Housing Society in Lake Gardens, said loud explosions woke his family around 2.45 am on Tuesday. We were apprehensive because, in previous years, cops would come and stop us from bursting loud crackers.
I have lived in Kolkata for years and also spent time in Delhi, but I have never witnessed anything like this,” he said. In and around Poddar Court, people were seen bursting crackers on roads without any apparent police intervention. Residents of high-rises on Kalakar Street burst crackers from terraces. “This time our children could really enjoy Diwali . For others, however, the prolonged celebrations translated into nights of misery. “The sounds were particularly frightening, possibly from crackers that shoot up and explode after falling back to the ground. My mother, who has been unwell, could not sleep and has been feeling worse since morning.