This story is from October 20, 2016

Demand for traditional lamps growing this Diwali

With many having decided to stop purchasing Chinese products this Diwali, there is heavy demand for traditional earthen lamps.
Demand for traditional lamps growing this Diwali
With many having decided to stop purchasing Chinese products this Diwali, there is heavy demand for traditional earthen lamps.
JAISALMER: With many having decided to stop purchasing Chinese products this Diwali, there is heavy demand for traditional earthen lamps.
And with that thousands of potters in Pokran and other places have got busy making earthen lamps with red sand. The Gramin Vikas Evum Chetana Sansthan of Barmer along with other women's groups have placed orders for thousands of earthen lamps and in place of oil these lamps will be filled with wax.

The Santhan has started making 30,000 earthen lamps and will fill wax in place of oil. In Baldev Nagar too, the potters have been given order for making attractive lamps.
The Sansthan's art designer are giving colour to the lamps to make them look better than Chinese ones. The sansthan will send these lamps in the entire district and also will prepare more lamps. The sansthan has launched this campaign with a bid to create more employment.
Intach chapter's Rawan Tribhuwan Singh said it is a good campaign to boycott Chinese products and start lighting earthen lamps. He said the chapter will increase its association and in forthcoming days will publicise about it. Intach's Yashovardhan Sharma becoming part of this campaign told to increase it further.
The sansthan secretary vikarm singh said more than one lakh lamps will be made and will light this diwali. Swarnkar mahila samuh president manju devi said for the first time, they are filling earthen lamp with wax. Sansthan's president Ruma Devi said she is feeling good that diwali will be celebrated with earthen lamps.
On the other hand, in pokaran area of jaisalmer, potters have started making thousands of earthen lamps in pokaran's red sand and colouring it. 150 potters of bhawani pole area in pokaran are budy and along with lamps, they are making various toys, idols and other decorative items which are in heavy demand.
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