KANPUR BLAST: Illegal gunpowder in the city, citizens at risk - Kanpur illegal firearms city on a disaster in front of Diwali

Updated: Do, 09 Oct 2025 09:21 am (IST) Kanpur City sits on a pile of gunpowder, where illegal explosives are stored. A small mistake can shake the entire city. The recent explosion showed the severity of this threat, causing an atmosphere of panic in the city. Goods spread and crowd gathered after the explosion. Jagran Jagran correspondent, Kanpur. Despite the ban on storing illegal fireworks, the city remains a few days before Diwali filled with gunpowder. Traders recommend firefighters from other districts 20 days in advance, for fear that the price of fireworks will rise at the last moment of the festival. Remove ads only read newsletters worthwhile are stored every year in most streets of areas, including Nawabganj to Meston Road, Dabauli, to Govind Nagar and Shastri Nagar and Barra, but the local police station turns a blind eye. The explosion that took place in the Sugar Candy Market on Meston Road on Wednesday night is also an example of this. If the commissioner police were warned in advance and watched it, this incident would not have happened. More than a thousand retail stores are set up in 42 places, including Nawabganj, Bithoor, Gumti, Brijendra Swaroop Park, Phoolbagh, Shastri Nagar, Kidwai Nagar, Barra, Dabauli, Naubasta, while about 20 shopping centers were set. These traders recommend fireworks from Agra, Mainpuri, Hathras, Varanasi, but for local fireworks, traders bring them from districts, including Unnao, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur. According to sources, people store fireworks about 20 days before Diwali, for which they sell fireworks to their contacts before the festival and in the greed to get cheap fireworks, traded their illegal fireworks under the guise of various stores. According to sources, fireworks worth more than Rs 5 crore arrived in the city. Having such a large amount of fireworks is no less than the city in a pile of gunpowder. There was an explosion in the Sugar Candy Market on Meston Road on Wednesday night. According to sources, there are more than 250 stores in this market, including those selling guns (toys) for children’s fireworks, shops selling trinkets, wallets, decorated plastic flowers, but under the coverage of these stores, there is a storage of high-unbinded and country-made firearms that secretly sell them to people. But after the explosion, when the joint commissioner of the police asked the shop owners about the sale of fireworks, they all denied it, but when the Liu, the bomb development group and the dog team arrived and the investigation began, the crimes of the shop owners came to light. The place where the explosion took place. In front of him, a large pack of Sico appeared on the tin can of Fazal Haq’s Firecracker store. When the dog team saw a big pile of firearm lying below the Tripal on top. However, the crowd of people did not burst all the fireworks. Police tried to open the stores for investigation, but the shop owners continued to avoid. After the crimes of the shop owners came to light, police officers tried to open the stores around the place for investigation, but the shop owners continued to avoid. Next Door is Aamir’s shop for glasses, wallets and belts. When he began to lift the shutter, other shop owners indicated him to close it. After the great multitude of people saw, even the police officers said nothing at the time. Illegal fireworks can be easily sold, which is why wholesale market may not be set up. The syndicate involved in the affairs of illegal fireworks is very strong. Over the past five years, this syndicate has provided wholesal breakers due to the non-establishment of the market. The purpose of this was that if a wholesale market was not established, their fireworks would be easily sold. Also, Kanpur explosion: No lesson learned from previous incidents took place. Some police officers and leaders of the ruling party are also involved in this match. This time, too, the situation regarding the wholesale fire market is still unclear, and wherever the market is decided to be erected, the syndicate comes in protest, while only a few days are left for Diwali. Meston Road is the largest destination; The market is organized under the supervision of the police. Meston Road is the largest destination of the illegal firecracker market. A market was established here about fifteen days ago. There is a fireworks market on both sides of the road. Police in Moolganj and Kotwali have repaired rupees of this illegal market daily. For this reason, the police closed their eyes, despite everyone who looked.