I am Vidiyil Veeraperumal from Aditamilar union. I am gong to share about fire crackers accident in Sivakasi. One of the main occupation in Viruthunagar is fire crackers. Thousands of workers work there and they are completely depended on that work. Especially Dalit people are involved in that work. Fire cracker accident is not only an accident but its a sacrifice of human life. Why i am saying this is, the owners of fire crackers are pledging the life of workers for money and business. People of this area are not going for this work out of interest. There situation, poverty are the main reason for this. Our heart shatters every time when we see fire cracker accidents. Today such incident has occurred in Sivakasi's siruparai village. Many of women workers have lost their life in this accident. Everyone of them has abandoned 2-3 kids. Another thing is we blamed Govt officials for this accidents. Because there are rules for fire cracker companies but Govt officials are nor following it. This is the strength of owners. When we give petition to Govt officials about it, they gave irresponsible answers. Govt officials are not realizing their mistakes. when we met dist collector and requested to pass an order for this, he didnt give any proper answer. Being a social activist we are trying our best to reach about it but still we are unable to find a solution for this. The reason for this is we are lay man and we dont have money power. We want to approach court but court and lawyers are not cooperating with us. Til now there is case which is filed properly and got the punishment. This is what we have seen in past days. When proper rules are followed and cases are filed we can reduce the death rate of workers. In coming days lets stop this death rate. Give legal safety for workers and give basic rights of ESI and PF to workers. We will take legal protest to save workers life. If we again trust and rely on court and Govt officials the death rates of workers will increase and take actions to decrease the death rate of workers. Lets be aware and go in search of alternative jobs. Otherwise out kids will have no future.
