
A variety of eco-friendly and NCEL certified crackers flood market this time promising a healthy and peaceful Diwali
It is that time of the year again when firecracker sellers across the city try to entice customers with attractive varieties of crackers and firebombs. Be it eco-friendly crackers that help to mitigate the impact of pollution or musical ones,which are specially created for the young tots,there is no limit to the innovative types of new crackers on sale in stores for the festive season this month.
A certain range is unique and special in itself as it boasts of no child labour. Pardeshi elaborates,”We have a special range of NCLE (No Children Labourer Employed) crackers as well as a couple of eco-friendly items “.
Different age ranges prefer different kinds of firecrackers and the retailers have taken note of it. Yograj Pardeshi of Balaji Phataka Mart says,”At times youth come in requesting for noisy crackers while small children desire noiseless and tinier fireworks. Also,we have updated the old favourites with no price rise”.
But even though the shopkeepers claim to have many ranges available,some young consumers still aren’t satisfied. Prasad Sheetla and Vibhuti Tiwari,students,speak of the problem they face while buying fireworks of their choice,”We naturally prefer eco-friendly crackers but most of the owners do not have it so we have to settle for the regular ones”. So even though the shop-owners promise to have everything in their stores,it doesnt seem enough to meet the ever-increasing demand of fire-blaster enthusiasts.
Hot shots & hot prices
Eco-friendly,less noisy
Children-oriented with up to 100 different varieties of music
NCLE (No Children Labourer Employed) certified crackers
Chinese imports at cheap rates
Gigma 2000 rockets Rs 250 to 550
Bombs Rs 100
Eyewheel (10 in a box) Rs 70
Musical crackers Rs 150 to 400