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Dud bomb! 8,00000 jobs in the lurch after Sivakasi fireworks units announce indefinite strike
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Sivakasi: This small town in Tamil Nadu is also called 'Kutti Japan' (Little Japan) and is India's fireworks manufacturing hub. The fireworks industry provides direct and indirect employment to almost 8,00,000 people and about 90 per cent of the ...
1400 cracker units in Sivakasi shut shop indefinitely to protest SC orderBusiness Standard
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Knee-Jerk Response Kicks Sivakasi In The Stomach: Eight Lakh People Stand To Lose Their Jobs Due To SC Cracker ...
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The recent Supreme Court judgement that banned the sale of crackers except 'green crackers' could lead to around 8 lakh workers losing their jobs, as reported by DNA. While the certainty regarding the effectiveness of these 'eco-friendly' fireworks ...and more »

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Supreme Court's firecracker verdict: Sivakasi feels the heat
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Inside a small room at a fireworks factory in Meenampatti, 9 km from Sivakasi, 47-year-old Chinappa Rasu uses bare hands to mix chemicals that will eventually be loaded into firecrackers. Exposed to chemicals almost every day, Rasu might be prone to ...
India's Cracker Hub Of Sivakasi Badly Affected By Crackers BanNews18all 4 news articles »

क्या है 'ग्रीन पटाखा', भारत के सबसे बड़े Crackers हब शिवकाशी के मैन्यूफैक्चरर्स को भी नहीं ...
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'आतिशबाजी की राजधानी' कैसे बना शिवकाशी शहर
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What are green crackers & how do we make them, ask Sivakasi's troubled firework-makers
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Sivakasi fireworks manufacturers want Supreme Court to define green cracker, say they have been following emission norms for 15 years. Bengaluru: The Supreme Court's decision to promote “green crackers” this Diwali has put out the light in India's ...and more »

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Aftermath Of SC's Firecracker Verdict: Sivakasi Traders Anticipate Job, Financial Losses, To File Review Petition
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A Supreme Court bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan delivered a judgement on the Diwali cracker ban by lifting the blanket prohibition and replacing it with restrictions. In the judgement handed down on 23 October, the bench allowed the sale ...

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Dealers want to return stocks to Sivakasi fireworks manufacturers
Times of India
Madurai: Sivakasi fireworks manufacturers' worst fears are coming true. A day after the Supreme Court banned the use of fireworks containing barium and laris, owners of industries were flooded with calls from dealers and wholesalers who had taken ...
Sivakasi traders to challenge Supreme Court ban on using certain chemicals in crackersHindustan Times
As SC refuses blanket ban on fireworks, TN's Siva

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Sivakasi traders to challenge Supreme Court ban on using certain chemicals in crackers
Hindustan Times
Manufacturers in the country's fireworks' production hub in Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi are saying they will file a review petition challenging a ban on using certain chemicals for the production of firecrackers the Supreme Court imposed on Tuesday. The ...
As SC refuses blanket ban on fireworks, TN's Sivakasi sighs in reliefBusiness Standardall 838 news articles »

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