Prasagraj: The increase in sugar prices, coal and unavailability of workers has left traditional diwali candy makers, such as GATTA (sweet cube), Batasha (sweet candy sugar) and khilone (toy sugar), in a fun situation during this festive season.
In addition, demand for traditional candy diwali – sugar toys and sugar candy – have also fallen among the buyers’ forced makers to limit the production of traditional diwali pejalaninya.
Eaten sugar is made into a form of animal known as Khilone, Batasha and GATTA has always been an inevitable part of the Diwali Festival since decades.
In fact, this traditional sweet sweet pedestrian must be for worshipers while offering prayers to Lord Ganesha and Dewi Lakshmi.
However, traditional representative makers in Sangam City claim that traditional diwali candy demand has dropped by 50 percent in the Prasagraj market and side by side.
Ankit Sharma, the owner of the traditional Diwali Candy Manufacturing Unit, told TI that the increase in sugar and coal prices had produced this compulsory sweetmeats.
“Because the price of raw materials used to make traditional candies up, there is a little margin for producers.
Second, the power of the buyer also decreases every day,” he added.
“Through the days when we had to involve six to eight furnaces to meet the request of Khilone, GATTA and Batasha, but now, they use two or three furnaces to make traditional candies”.
In addition, coal shortages also experience difficulties traditional sweet industries.
Rajiv Sharma, who runs a sweet production unit in the Batashamandi City area, said “Because the margin for makers has declined, we are too thought of other choices.” He said that in addition to the increase in the price of sugar and coal, the lack of workers (workers) had also hit the industry hard.
“Now it is difficult to organize workers for candy preparation because it is a very difficult job of eight to nine hours to form and prepare Khilone and Batasa,” said Rajiv, added, “We find it difficult to manage workers in lively.” In addition, raw materials used for traditional candy preparation include lemon and other acid salts also become expensive.
“While the lamp is the main attraction of Diwali, a variety of sweets always seems to steal the spotlight in homes during the celebration season,” said the sweet seller on the market “classical festive dessert like Ladoo and Barfi currently drawing most household plates.
And while they might be associated with prayer and celebration, but the reality is that there is nothing significant than heels, Batasha, Gatta and Khilone.
However, this Sweetmeat sales declined over the past few years, “he added.