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AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, March 28, 2002: Authorities are considering a complete ban on playing with colors, especially balloons and bulbs which could contain lethal fluids, on Holi. Although the decision on the extent of effecting prohibitory orders and curtailing movement on this festival is yet to be finalized, police sources say there might be a blanket curfew over a wide area in the cities, apart from the 40 police stations which are already curfew-bound. After a peaceful Muharram, the authorities are taking no chances and security has been geared up across the state in view of Holi which coincides with Good Friday. In Godhra, the VHP was prevented from holding a “shanti yagna” in the town in memory of the 58 train carnage victims. Security has been tightened in the industrial belt in Surat. In Rajkot police commissioner Upendra Singh said a special action plan had been chalked out to ensure a peaceful Holi.

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