Kolkata: Despair has encouraged them to switch to sell candles, Diyas, Chinese lamps operated with batteries, idols, and other diwali items.
However, Monday, when they try to find out if they can buy green crackers and sell them together, most manufacturers say green crackers must be obtained from outside the country and there is no time for it.
Names and posters in several kiosks still advertise firecrackers, but the counter only hold DIYAS and candles.
All stalls in Janbazar, free school, Chandni Chowk and heart chart have changed goods.
“We have filled up firecrackers, but the blanket ban has forced us to arrange alternatives so we can somehow survive.
We will have a big problem also returns stock,” Biman Sanra said from Bijoli Baji Ghar in Janbazar.
The seller of Champahati and Nungi now supply candles, Diyas and electronic lights.
“When we heard about the relaxation of the Supreme Court, we began to ask about green crackers, but almost no inventory.
There was no clarity of what was green and what was not,” said Subol Dhara, who has a kiosk in Burrabazar.
A member of the Burrabazar Fireworks dealer association said all major dealers and sellers in the city only have 5% to 10% green crackers among the total cache fireworks in stock.
“Very few sellers have green crackers approved by neeri.
But we are waiting for a detailed SC order and next order from Nabanna or Lalbazar before starting sales from Tuesday,” said Secretary with Santanu Dutta.
Dhruv Narula, spokesman for Sara Bangla Topbazi Unnour Samiti, said, “It was a great moral victory.
But there is no time to get green crackers now because they are from Tamil Nadu.” However, environmental lovers say the lack of checking mechanisms for green crackers – Except for scanning QR code – it will make it difficult to contain not green.
Most of the sellers say they will only sell LED lights, the lantern and diyas sky.
“Chennai’s colleague we said almost no green cracker supplies.
The cost of a single green cracker is quite high because of the demand supply gap,” Arun Sisshodia, a Cracker trader at Old China Bazar.
“We sent fireworks craftsmen to Tamil Nadu.
Fourteen craftsmen from Nungi and 17 of Champahati will leave in the second week of November.
They will be trained for 12 days and each participant will be certified by neeri on low emissions, low fireworks decibel,” said Babla Roy, Secretary General of the Fire Development Organization.