Nov 07, 2018, 07:30AM IST

Source: TNN

There is almost a deadly silence in the wholesale market of crackers in Delhi. Diwali is here, and perhaps the residents of Delhi are observing absence of firecrackers. Most shops have their shutters down. Traders are predicting huge losses. Amidst the hustle and bustle at Sadar Bazar, a wholesale hub of firecrackers in central Delhi, a crowd was seen swamping a small stall nestled in a corner as bewildered passersby stopped to get their hands on the green crackers on display in a large basket. A closer look revealed that they were not the Supreme Court-specified “green” crackers, but traditional ones shoved into hollowed out vegetables. The “green” crackers displayed at the stall included cauliflowers stuffed with bullet bombs, chakris coiled with onions, and crackers pushed inside chillies.