Letters to The Editor — April 21, 2026

Cracker mill blast

It is saddening that occurrence disasters proceed unabated successful Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar territory (Front page, April 20). The gruesome incidental is simply a wide testament to the gross negligence of officials and agencies successful discharging their mandated responsibilities. Standard operating procedures look to beryllium observed much successful breach than successful compliance. The clip has travel to mechanise assorted processes progressive successful the manufacture of fireworks, alternatively than relying heavy connected manual labour. Meanwhile, an in-depth technological survey could beryllium undertaken to rework the creation of the chemicals utilized successful this hazardous industry.