Cheerless Diwali this year on cracker curbs, costlier veggies and sweets

Popular sweetmeats are costing a staggering 35% more on spike in sugar prices, veggies are up due to intermittent rainfall the past one week

With the Supreme Court banned the sale of firecrackers in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and the Bombay High Court did it for Mumbai, costlier vegetables and sweets have done their bit to destroy the festival mood ahead of Diwali.

Following the apex court's verdict banning the sale of firecrackers across the NCR late last week, the Bombay HC ordered similar ban in Mumbai this week. The courts' verdicts have invited a nationwide debate in favour and against the ban.

To make the Diwali cheerless, vegetables and sweets have become costlier by around 35 per cent. While sweets have become costlier