The joy associated with the arrival of 2017 dissipated into thin air as crackers being made went up in flames leaving 15 workers dead as unlicensed cottage units operate clandestinely in the infamous Porlukatta area. A group of workers, most of them tribals, says only three died. With elections round the corner, they hope to get regular orders as no rally will end without fireworks. But slowly they started pouring out their woes one after another recalling with a shudder the accident that occurred on December 31, 2016. Most of the workers suffer chronic respiratory disease due to exposure to hazardous chemicals like sulphur nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium and nitrogen dioxide etc.
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