The Indian Express recently visited the Nungi wholesale market in South 24 Parganas districts to talk to firecracker manufactures and sellers. However, only three manufactures in the Nungi area have obtained licence from the district administration to make firecrackers but most of them were unwilling to talk to the newspapers
A 138-year-old firecracker industry in Barpeta is buzzing with activity, gearing up to add its radiant touch to the upcoming celebrations of a Green Diwali.
The 6000 crore fireworks industry of Sivakasi, which has turned mainly into green crackers, is now planning to tap the international firecracker industry hitherto dominated by Chinese players. While China has a huge global footprint in the export market of fireworks with an annual turnover of Rs 26,000 crore, the Sivakasi industry is trying to get a small fraction of the business.
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, an affiliate of RSS has strongly opposed the complete ban on firecrackers by the Delhi administration during Diwali, which it said is i
Updated: Feb 25, 2021, 03:06 PM IST
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has sought a report from the Tamil Nadu government on the actions taken to regulate the firecracker industry, ensure safety measures for the workers and if solarium had been offered to families bereaved in recent fire accidents. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Hemalatha were hearing a Public interest Litigation filed by Rajasekaran.
The PIL specifically pointed out the February 12 tragedy at a firecracker unit in Virudhunagar, that claimed around 20 lives and injured many others grievously. It added that the workers were neither adequately equipped nor trained to handle such explosives, hence leading to the tragedy. It was added that there were rising cases of many small units operating under a single license.