Free­lance Con­trib­u­tor

San­gre Grande Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion’s (SGRC) Di­vali cel­e­bra­tion, the biggest ever in the East­ern town, came to an abrupt end when po­lice moved in, stat­ing that the time ap­proved for the pro­gramme had ex­pired.

The street pa­rade was sched­uled to be­gin at 5 pm and end at 6 pm, but no time was al­lo­cat­ed for the cul­tur­al pro­gramme, which on­ly start­ed around 7 pm. It came to a pre­ma­ture halt at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 8.45 pm when po­lice ad­vised chair­man of the SGRC, Ken­wyn Phillip, that the show must end.