Mohali, Oct. 10 -- The Mohali district administration on Thursday conducted a draw of lots to grant 44 temporary licenses for the sale of firecrackers at the District Administrative Complex in Sector 76, under the supervision of deputy commissioner-cum-district magistrate Komal Mittal.

The number of licenses this year has been restricted to 20 percent of the total number issued in the year 2016.

According to Mittal, the administration received a total of 1,260 applications for temporary firecracker sale licenses. From this pool, 44 licenses were allotted through the draw. In Mohali and Banur, 18 licenses were granted and eight licenses were issued from the combined regions of Kharar, Kurali, and Naya Gaon. Dera Bassi received six licens...