"Thank god you told me," he said, adding some more to his bulging guy bags of the incendiary stuff.Harjit Singh Chhabra, head, Sadar Nishkarm Welfare Association, estimated that losses could go up to hundreds of crores."All dealers across NCR have been affected. I can already see policemen taking rounds to harass us," said Surinder Chawla."We are clueless about what to do next! For us Diwali is finished. They have revoked the old ban only to bring it again. "The Supreme Courts job is to regulate not ban," added another who had set up shop close by."Diwali is celebrated for around five days."We cant sell in shops so we will sell on the pavement if nothing works out," Chhabra said, addressing a crowd that had gathered near his shop.. In those five days, 10 lakh kilograms of firecrackers are used per day," a Supreme Court bench had said in August this year.

The last I knew, Supreme Court was authorised to regulate, not ban. The big industries are polluting air 365 days and you dont do anything. The ban was imposed in 2016 last year and was lifted temporarily around 20 days back.. "They have baed Diwali in Delhi," said a third.Sandeep Mahajan, another shopkeeper from Sadar Bazaar, said he has over 600 kg of crackers worth about Rs 8 lakh.His story found wide echo in the area. do they actually think that one day can make this huge impact?" asked a permanent licence holder in Jama Masjid who did not want to be identified.Shopkeepers in Sadar Bazar have threatened to go on strike and insist they wont follow the order.."Ban nuclear weapons, not crackers," said one shopkeeper in Sadar Bazar. This will only create new avenues for corruption.While environmentalists and others welcomed the apex court order, Chawla is amongst those hoping that the biggies of Sivakasi - firecracker manufacturing hub - manage to get a stay. A baer saying "Patake hi Patake" was pulled down to make way for a new one declaring, "Nashe se mar rahe hai log, Patakon se nahi (People are dying because of drugs, not of crackers".With losses ruing into crores, their Diwali was going up in smoke, said shopkeepers in Sadar Bazar and Jama Masjid, two of the biggest cracker markets in the city.The "cracker lobby" also contests that a ban would garden gazebo Suppliers help in reducing pollution. What do we do with these crackers that we bought," he added, showing his licence giving him permission to sell crackers till November 21. I had bought crackers worth Rs 25 lakh," added Rajiv Saxena of RK Enterprises.According to him, 500 temporary licences have already been issued to sell firecrackers in Delhi-NCR.

They will get us out of this situation," Chawla said."This is not childs play.The posters came up equally rapidly.Pawan Khosla, who had come to purchase crackers for the festive season, had no clue about the apex court order.New Delhi: The Supreme Court order decreeing a cracker-free Diwali this year spread like the proverbial wildfire through wholesale markets in Delhi, on Monday, uniting shopkeepers big and small in their anger and dismay."We are selling crackers not nuclear weapons that you impose a ban. "Trucks are roaming throughout Delhi and there is no check. But come Diwali and you are all alert.It was reportedly informed by a counsel that 50 lakh kg of fireworks were stocked in and around the National Capital Region.Many of them said they were just getting over the blow of "28 per cent GST on crackers".

The news travelled fast in the narrow bylanes of the two markets in the Old City with shops piled high with crackers of all kinds, ranging from sparklers selling for about Rs 20 a stick to powerful bombs going up to Rs 1,000 and more."My losses will be three times more.The Supreme Court said its order of last November baing the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) would continue till October 31 - Diwali falls on October 19 -- in an effort to check pollution this festival of lights. Now, what will we do with the old stock? Crackers worth crores will go waste," said Amit Jain, who sells firecrackers in Jama Masjid. This does not include those who have a permanent licence. This is India, not Taliban that you can go on baing things like this," Chhabra said."People ruing the industry in Sivakasi are big shots. Of these, Sadar Bazar has 24.

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