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Mumbai Diwali fire cracker business dull after floods

     Mumbai: Firecracker sellers in Mumbai are complaining of slow business ahead of the Diwali festival, blaming the floods that stunned the city in July as one of the factors dampening the festive spirit. The shopkeepers are complaining of a poor business ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights. Most of them attribute the fall in the sale of firecrackers to the floods. "People are coming but it is less compared to the last year. Moreover, people are afraid due to flood and this is the reason," Satish Ahuja, a shopkeeper. The shopkeepers are disappointed since they have not been able to sell as many firecrackers as they had sold in the previous years. "We have not sold even half of the firecrackers this year.

    Moreover, the business is not good. What we have sold earlier at rupees 20, we are offering it at rupees 10. Even the customers bargain to reduce the price. The reason is that after the floods, public do not not have enough money. The children ask for something and they buy something else," said Niyaj Bhai, another shopkeeper. But keeping their spirit high, the Mumbaikers are purchasing firecrackers for their children. Though they say the floods have created financial problems, yet they do not deny that Diwali is a festive season which comes once in a year. "We have come to buy crackers for children. The people have faced a lot of problems due to rains. We have done a little shopping but we have to celebrate Diwali," said Rajesh, a customer. In spite of such a slow pace in the sale of firecrackers, people are visiting the shops to purchase crackers at least for their children in Kurla Wholesale Market in the city.

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