Madurai

The agitating workers in large numbers thronged the office of Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO) at Sivakasi, urging the need to lift the ban being imposed on production of serial crackers and usage of barium nitrate, which’s one of the key ingredients of traditional firecrackers, sources said. The protest demonstration was organised by the members of District Cracker and Match Workers Association, Virudhunagar. Citing the demands, a petition was submitted to K Thiagarajan, Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives, Sivakasi.