Diwali Firecrackers: Sivakasi of Tamil Nadu is legendary for its firecrackers. The firecracker business of Sivakasi, positioned in Virudhunagar district of the state, is nearly 100 years previous. From right here, firecrackers are distributed all around the nation. Tamil Nadu Fireworks Manufacturers Association has mentioned that this yr the firecracker factories of Sivakasi have bought firecrackers price Rs 6,000 crore throughout the nation for Diwali. But this yr there was an enormous decline in manufacturing. The cause for that is some restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court on the manufacturing of firecrackers.
Supreme Court ban on manufacturing of firecrackers
The Supreme Court has already banned barium nitrate, a key ingredient used within the manufacturing of firecrackers. Apart from this, linked firecrackers have additionally been banned, through which totally different units of firecrackers are linked by a fuse, and when one firecracker is lit, they burn one after the other. Firecracker enterprise house owners in Sivakasi mentioned manufacturing has declined by at the very least 30 % as a result of ban on linked firecrackers.
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fewer crackers are being made
According to firework producers, greater than 300 factories in Sivakasi and surrounding villages in Tamil Nadu make interconnected firecrackers. A.P. of Kalishwari Fireworks Selvarajan mentioned, “Sonic crackers account for 40 percent of the total production in Sivakasi. Of those sonic products, about 20 percent were interconnected crackers.”
He mentioned that many firecracker producers have saved their factories closed for months, attributable to which employees have gone to different factories. Apart from this, heavy rains in some elements of Sivakasi this yr additional affected the manufacturing attributable to which the manufacturing was lowered to about 75 % of the traditional.
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70 % firecrackers are made in Sivakasi, helps 8 lakh folks
Sivakasi is taken into account the middle of India’s firecracker business. About 70 % of the nation’s firecrackers are made right here. There are 1150 firecracker factories the place about 4 lakh employees make firecrackers. In view of the disaster within the firecracker business, this yr BJP President Okay Annamalai in Tamil Nadu had appealed to the folks to purchase firecrackers vigorously. While sharing a video on social media, he had mentioned, “Concern is expressed in regards to the setting concerning firecrackers. But that is such a pondering which is being imposed on us. Such a giant concern may be made about fireworks only for sooner or later. But we solely know that about 8 lakh persons are immediately and not directly linked with this business.
However, considerations are additionally raised concerning security within the firecracker business of Sivakasi. There are frequent accidents which end in lack of life and property. This yr, 17 accidents happened in Sivakasi through which 54 folks misplaced their lives.
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