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Pall of gloom in Sivakasi after Delhi's Diwali firecracker ban
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Sep, 2021
India's firecracker, Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district,
appears lifeless after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a
ban on the sale, use, and storage of firecrackers for festival of
lights, Diwali, due to pollution concerns during the winter season.
Sivakasi's
firecracker industry is considered to be worth Rs 6,000 crore and
industry sources said that Delhi and the National Capital Region makes
for around 15 per cent share of this.
Talking to IANS, Tamil Nadu
Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers Association (TANFAMA) President, P.
Ganeshan said: "We were allowed to manufacture firecrackers and
suddenly the Delhi government has brought in a ban. We don't know the
reason for this ban and request the Delhi government and all other
governments to allow use of firecrackers for two hours during Deepavali
(Diwali)."
He said that production of firecrackers is strictly in
compliance with the Supreme Court's directives and that seven states
including Rajasthan and Delhi have crackers worth crores in stock due to
the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The firecracker
manufacturers and distributors of Sivakasi are not expecting business
from Delhi and Rajasthan for this year but want the present stocks worth
crores to be used during Diwali so that the crackers are sold during
the next season.
"The major industry and the major livelihood of
this area are firecrackers and our life is based on this. If Delhi bans
firecrackers, other states are likely to follow suit. If that happens,
then we are doomed," Silambarasan, owner of a small firecracker unit in
Sivakasi, told IANS.
The production of firecrackers in Sivakasi
this season has dipped by 30 per cent and the production would be around
25 crore kilos.
Silambarasan said that there are around 1070
manufacturing units and over 1,000 traders in and around Virudhunagar,
including in Sivakasi.
The firecracker manufacturers and other
traders have expressed hope that the Delhi government will revoke the
ban and that the business would flourish in the days to come.
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