Diwali Festivities: Boom in sale of firecrackers, industry aims to double last year’s turnover of Rs 8,000 crore

“This year, we are witnessing a higher demand, starring to an accrued fig of Bazi Bazaars,” Roy said, adding that, “Approximately 100 Bazi Bazaars are authorized to merchantability crackers, a important leap from past year’s 52. This maturation is simply a much-needed alleviation for the lakhs of radical babelike connected this industry.”

The determination to organise the ‘Bazi Bazaars’ was made astatine a caller gathering attended by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and representatives of the fireworks manufacture astatine the authorities secretariat, Nabanna. While galore territory fairs person concluded by October 3rd week, several—including the just astatine Sahid Minar Maidan and 2 others successful the bluish and confederate parts of the city—will proceed until October 31.

The authorities authorities has permitted the Bazi Bazaars to run successful assorted locations, including the main venue astatine Shahid Minar Grounds, Behala, Kalikapur adjacent EM Bypass, Tala Park successful North Kolkata, and mega marts successful Kolkata, Howrah, Siliguri, and Barasat. The authorities volition supply designated spaces for fireworks sellers and manufacturers successful each territory to store unsold crackers, pursuing information protocols.

Currently, the firecracker manufacture successful the authorities employs implicit 3.10 lakh people, encompassing manufacturers, labourers, distributors, and sellers.

The authorities government’s greenish firecracker initiative, launched past year, has led to 232 approved licensed manufacturing units and implicit 14,800 trained workers, prioritizing information and biology sustainability. “We person trained 200 radical successful making greenish fireworks, and program to bid different 1,000 aft Kali Puja/Diwali,” Roy said, asserting that the relation and the authorities are moving unneurotic to forestall clandestine merchantability of unapproved firecrackers.

According to Roy, each fireworks indispensable transportation the certification people of either the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) oregon the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), the 2 authorised cardinal agencies.

Additionally, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board has besides been actively progressive successful promoting the usage of greenish firecrackers.

In a caller meeting, with the constabulary authorities, lodging committees, and NGOs, implementation of High Court orders implicit greenish firecrackers was discussed.

“While the expanding request for firecrackers presents an accidental for economical growth, it besides poses challenges related to information and biology concerns. Balancing these factors volition beryllium crucial…,” said an situation expert.

WBPCB officials on with the medication and police, are visiting the fairs regular to guarantee that lone greenish fireworks are sold.

“We are investigating crackers. The labels connected products tin beryllium scanned to corroborate they beryllium to the greenish class and carnivore certifications from the cardinal agencies. Items failing to conscionable the 125-decibel bounds are being confiscated and destroyed,” a elder WBPCB authoritative said.

— With PTI