Sivakasi

K Palaniswami urges Rajasthan, Odisha CMs to revoke ban on firecrackers, cites impact on Tamil Nadu's fireworks industry

In identical letters sent to the chief ministers of both states, the Tamil Nadu CM also argued that there is no empirical or validated data to demonstrate that the bursting of crackers has an effect on COVID-19 patients

In fireworks capital Sivakasi, crackers ban may impact electoral outcome despite AIADMK-BJP promise for resolution

Firecracker industry owners and workers in Sivakasi, which is part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha seat, which polled on 18 APril, have been protesting since November 2018 in the hope that electoral compulsions will force the Tamil Nadu government to announce some relief for them and grant them exemption from the new norms

Why ban just firecrackers when automobiles are major pollutants too, asks Supreme Court; posts matter for hearing on 3 April

Hinting at a rethink of the ban, Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why firecrackers should be targeted when automobiles could be the leading cause of pollution.

Botched blood transfusion: Medical team visits Sivakasi hospital to probe medical negligence days after woman contracts HIV

Days after a pregnant woman contracted HIV after allegedly being transfused contaminated blood supplied by a blood bank here, a five-member medical team from Chennai visited the Sivakasi government hospital Friday for conducting a probe into the medical negligence

Tamil Nadu woman given HIV-infected blood was dissuaded by Sivakasi officials from filing FIR: 'They should've given me poison instead'

Preliminary inquiries revealed that donor is a 21-year-old from Sivakasi who donated blood on 30 Nov. According to a relative of the donor, they had no knowledge of his HIV status at that time and he had come along with a female relative who needed a blood transfusion.

SC order on firecrackers could make manufacturers go bankrupt, create bad debt worth more than Rs 2,000cr, says industry body

The firecrackers manufacturing industry claims that Supreme Court judgment banning use of barium in manufacturing of firecrackers will not only make bursting of firecrackers during festivals impracticable, it could also make the industry go bankrupt incurring bad debt worth more than Rs 2,000 crore

SC order on firecrackers proof of state machinery's failure to implement existing rules; green governance exists only on paper

The Supreme Court had to issue order on bursting firecrackers is because the state machinery has failed to implement its own robust system of checks and balances over the years

Sivakasi on the edge: Workers fear loss of livelihood if Supreme Court upholds plea seeking firecracker ban, threaten to intensify stir

An indefinite strike by workers of fireworks factories in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, which has been going on since 26 December, is set to intensify, as a fear of loss of livelihood grips the town

Over 860 fireworks factories in Sivakasi go on indefinite strike demanding amendments to environment law

More than 860 fireworks factories in and around Sivakasi, the national hub of the industry, have launched an indefinite closure demanding an amendment to the Environment Protection Act exempting their produce from its purview

Banning firecrackers may not be the right way, instead regulate, create awareness

Traders in Delhi-NCR who have stocked up firecrackers in the run up to Diwali are worst affected because while for buyers the news is killjoy