A worker carefully fills firecrackers with gunpowder at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Vanch village, near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, as preparations for the Diwali festival intensify on 28 October 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
A worker assembles firecrackers at a manufacturing unit in Vanch village near Ahmedabad on 28 October 2026, as demand surges ahead of the Diwali festival across Gujarat. (Photo: NationPress)
Gunpowder is stored in tub like baskets at the firecracker manufacturing unit in Vanch village near Ahmedabad on 28 October 2026, highlighting the raw materials used in pre Diwali production. (Photo: NationPress)
Production at the Vanch village firecracker unit near Ahmedabad, Gujarat is in full swing on 28 October 2026, with workers filling firecrackers with gunpowder as the Diwali festival approaches. (Photo: NationPress)