A.P. cracker unit blast: Firework flashes and silhouetted grief
With nine people dying in a cracker factory blast in Andhra Pradesh, the spotlight is once again on thousands of untrained workers who risk their lives as they step into the hundreds of firecracker plants across the Anakapalli and Visakhapatnam districts. These units are located in cramped, temporary brick structures with asbestos roofs, and no safety precautions are taken. When a fatal accident occurs, what remains with the families of the workers is the brute shock of loss and the grief of poverty
With nine people dying in a cracker factory blast in Andhra Pradesh, the spotlight is once again on thousands of untrained workers who risk their lives as they step into the hundreds of firecracker plants across the Anakapalli and Visakhapatnam districts. These units are located in cramped, temporary brick structures with asbestos roofs, and no safety precautions are taken. When a fatal accident occurs, what remains with the families of the workers is the brute shock of loss and the grief of poverty
