India's Little Japan ( sivakasi )

Sivakasi is known as india's little japan , because people here working at tough conditions and earning more foreign currency for the indian goverment . Sivakasi is an city and municipality in virudhunagar district of tamilnadu , india . Nearly 95% of the crackers in the world are supplied from here only.

The sivakasi is known special for its world class crackers ,there are 25,000 workers are indulge in doing fireworks in the cracker industries of sivakasi . The fireworks made here are export to many countries such as Russia ,Australia and European countries .

The annual estimated export is around us $ 300 million . This plays an vital role in foreign currency exchange for indian goverment .

Problems :            video link of sivakasi crackers

1. The workers employed here are uneducated and didn't having basic knowledge about chemical mixing ratio .They mix chemicals approximately

2. Due to low safety measures accidents are often occured and many people lost their lives so far .

3. In recent years china trying to increase their cracker production make an impact in the sivakasi cracker production.

Effects Of Chemicals :Due to high chemical usage employees lungs are affected very curious by smelling chemicals

                                         Employee hands and skins are burned due to direct handling of chemicals without glouse .

                                            

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