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CM: Govt will protect fireworks industry

13-01-2018
CM: Govt will protect fireworks industry

Earlier this year, the trade and commercial establishments in entire town of Sivakasi shut down expressing solidarity with the fireworks industry. The fireworks units are on an indefinite strike saying that the ban was crippling the industry and making production unviable. "The state government will depute senior lawyers to argue the case in favour of the cracker industry,'' he said. Coimbatore: The state government will take all measures to protect the fireworks industry in Sivakasi, said chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.Talking to reporters in Coimbatore on Friday, Palaniswami said that steps will also be taken to bring an amendment to Environment Protection Act, so that the fireworks industry would be exempted from the purview of the Act.The fireworks industry has been protesting against the stringent rules imposed for sale and bursting of crackers across the country, particularly the ban on crackers in New Delhi. Opposition parties, including DMK, were urging the state and central governments to protect the industry.Edappadi noted that the hearing of the case pertaining to ban on bursting of crackers was coming up in the Supreme Court on February 22.

Coimbatore: The state government will take all measures to protect the fireworks industry in Sivakasi, said chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.Talking to reporters in Coimbatore on Friday, Palaniswami said that steps will also be taken to bring an amendment to Environment Protection Act, so that the fireworks industry would be exempted from the purview of the Act.The fireworks industry has been protesting against the stringent rules imposed for sale and bursting of crackers across the country, particularly the ban on crackers in New Delhi.

Earlier this year, the trade and commercial establishments in entire town of Sivakasi shut down expressing solidarity with the fireworks industry.

The fireworks units are on an indefinite strike saying that the ban was crippling the industry and making production unviable.

Opposition parties, including DMK, were urging the state and central governments to protect the industry.Edappadi noted that the hearing of the case pertaining to ban on bursting of crackers was coming up in the Supreme Court on February 22.

"The state government will depute senior lawyers to argue the case in favour of the cracker industry,'' he said.


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