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New Found Merry
This year, the residents of Katmandu valley celebrated Dashain and Tihar with much élan
By SAHISHNU POUDYAL
Dashain and Tihar are the biggest festivals celebrated by all Nepalese around the world. It brings lots of joy and happiness but it also causes different kinds of serious accidents due to ignorance.
The news of serious accidents like falling down from top of the house while flying
kite, getting serious burn injuries while playing with firecrackers during Tihar and so on are frequent during festive season.
Fortunately this year not any serious accident happened. And everyone felt safe and sound during this Dashain and Tihar.
"Some small incidents had happened during this period but not any serious one due to Pataka (firecrackers) during Dashain and tihar. Therefore, we can consider this festive time as having been a safe period compared to previous years," said Pradhumna Karki, Deputy Superintendent of Police at Valley Police Office at Hanumandhoka.
"Yes, there was no such record in our office this year," said Pitambar Adhikari, another deputy superintendent police at valley police office at Hanumandhoka.
Apart from the new found security and peace across the country, the people also celebrated festivals responsibly this year.
"We felt that very few people actually played with firecrackers. And I think that it is not bad to play with firecrackers safely because the festival itself is named as Dipawali - a time to celebrate light. But one should remember that security must be given the first priority. And this year I felt people had adopted this formula in a well manner and there were no bad news about accidents," said Shreejana Thapa, a local resident of Koteshwor.
"This time we didn't hear any kind of news of bad accidents due to Patakas during this festive time. And I wish the same thing would happen time and again. I found people have become more concerned and careful while dealing with such things. And I found this festive time is more secure than those of previous years,” added Bijaya Khadka, a local resident of Khumaltar.
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