Wondering what is the latest in firecrackers this DiwaliIJ Varieties of colours in rockets, flower pots, fulljhadi (sparklers) and anaar (firepots) are dominating the market this year. Bombs and rockets causing noise pollution seem to attract only a handful of customers.
Multi-coloured anaar and sky or repeater rockets are available within Rs400 to Rs450. Narangi rocket producing nine colours together are sold per piece at Rs171. Anaar twisting like salsa dance repeatedly is available at Rs1,395 per piece. Five colour producing rockets like Panch Avtar are available at Rs108 per pack. Chakri moving like colour changing butterfly, five colour tablet and challenger rockets are also available within reasonable prices.
“Panch Avtar, Challenger rocket and Narangi rocket are on high demand,” said one of the oldest fire-cracker retailers of Upper Bazaar. Interestingly, dozens of shops across the city were seen selling sparklers of multi colours. “Kids of our colony usually prefer more colour producing crackers. It is good that multi-colour crackers especially sparklers have been produced by manufacturers like coronation, cock, asok and balaji,” said Bidya Mahto, a cracker seller of Hinoo.
At Kanke, around 20 packets of colour sparklers with glitters were sold from morning to evening on Tuesday on the occasion of Dhanteras, “This year, multi-coloured sparklers and rockets are the first choice of customers. Due to this reason, we have bought these latest crackers more in stock,” Rajat Agarwal, a shopkeeper near Krishi Bhawan said.
Even at Piska More, dozens of stalls displaying multi-colour crackers were being purchased the most by youngsters. Jafar Shah whose family is into the business of fire-crackers over five decades at the capital said in order to help the environment from air and sound pollution, manufacturers have introduced the concept of multi-colour in fire-crackers. “With such initiatives, we wholesalers and customers indirectly help in maintaining the ecological balance,” Shah said.