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Governments have banned crackers as bursting these will lead to a spike in air pollution and that, with the winter air, could affect Covid patients. Besides, discouraging people from getting together to burst crackers would also help in controlling the spread of the infection.
Mathan Deivendran hopes to find enough buyers for the “Cuban Missiles” and “AK-47s” locked up in his warehouse in Sivakasi. His research and testing team had spent several months perfecting these two for a bumper launch this Diwali.Cuban Missile is a firecracker rocket that shoots up about 20 feet and blows up into bright colours. AK-47 is a “10,000-wala garland cracker” that will keep bursting for “three full minutes”, explains Deivendran. His
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