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Regardless of restrictions, firecrackers sizzle across India for Diwali

Firecrackers are main to Diwali celebrations for countless Indian Hindus and this year was no different even as some cities, including New Delhi, prohibited their use to suppress a few of the worst contamination levels in the world.

Diwali honours the triumphant return of Lord Rama, among Hindiusm's most revered figures, and was commemorated in India on Thursday. It is also known as the festival of lights to symbolise the victory of light over darkness, or good over evil, discussing why fireworks are so central to the events.

Firecrackers harm the environment, but they are a way of bringing good fortune to us, stated Yash Gadani, a regional company owner, in Ahmedabad, a city in western Gujarat state.

While the restrictions didn't stop individuals utilizing firecrackers, factories that make the devices state sales have fallen this year as the rising cost of living, consisting of higher costs for firecrackers, moistened demand.

In the village of Vanch, near Ahmedabad, thousands of employees covered in silver gunpowder make firecrackers by hand.

The industry is largely informal with lax security requirements. Almost all of Vanch's 10,000 citizens are involved and employees are paid 500 rupees ($ 5.95) a day, often for 16-hour days.

A number of fires in factories as well as unseasonal rains have resulted in an increase in basic material rates, Dipan Patel, who runs an unit in Vanch, stated.

Firecracker bans have been hard to execute, particularly during Diwali, in spite of the risk of prison and fines.

New Delhi, a city of 20 million individuals, is the world's most polluted capital. From October each year, air quality gets worse as aspects including the burning of farm stubble following the harvest, cars and truck fumes, and firecracker smoke get trapped over the city.

The occurrences of stubble burning are reducing, but ... the smoke created by firecrackers requires to be managed, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai informed news company ANI.

(source: Reuters)