Allow sale of green fireworks from Sivakasi, Alagiri tells Rajasthan CM
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Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to rethink the blanket ban on sale of all fireworks throughout Deepavali and permit ‘green crackers’ from Sivakasi to be offered there.
‘Ill-informed ban’
Mr. Alagiri mentioned the Sivakasi fireworks trade not solely employs the poor and the marginalised folks but additionally is instrumental in making a provide chain that entails small merchants, transporters and wholesalers throughout India, whose livelihood could be grossly affected by the “ill-informed ban”.
He mentioned these households had toiled the complete yr to organize for the one season sale of their merchandise and could be pushed to a dire scenario as a result of ban.
He mentioned the Supreme Court pushed green innovation within the fireworks trade had led to the creation of an entire new vary of fireworks during which the most important pollutant sulphur dioxide had been averted and the emission of all different gases have been additionally throughout the limits prescribed.
“Considering these facts, I appeal to you to relax the blanket ban on all fireworks and allow the sale of scientifically ratified [by CSIR-NEERI and CPCB], eco-friendly ‘Green Fireworks’ of Sivakasi,” he mentioned.
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