Fireworks manufacturers look up to PM for resuming full production
The Hindu
They want legal nod for producing joined crackers, fireworks with reduced barium nitrate
Fireworks manufacturers from Sivakasi have sought Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s intervention, in getting a legal nod for resuming production of joined crackers and crackers with reduced-quantity of Barium Nitrate for the survival of the industry.
Various associations of manufacturers are sending their memorandum to the Prime Minister, President of India and various Union Ministers for early intervention so that the industry could step up its production.
“With repeated warnings from the Centre, State and district administration against manufacturing joined crackers and fireworks using Barium Nitratre as directed by the Supreme Court, the production has been reduced to a meagre 20 per cent after Deepavali.The industry is struggling to pay the workers for the last three months with the reduced production,” said president of Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers’ Association, P. Ganesan.
Bengaluru saw one of its worst water crises in 2024 with ground water drying up and several parts of the city scrambling for water. With instances like BWSSB supplying treated wastewater to the construction industry, apartments being permitted to sell water from their STPs to the department, and lakes in parts of Bengaluru and neighbouring districts being filled with water from the 33 STP plants in the city, recycling of water became an important topic of conversation during this period.