Sivakasi

India / Tamil Nadu / Sivakasi /
 city, municipality
Sivakasi is an active town and a municipality in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the capital of India’s firecracker industry with about 8,000 factories, big and small, producing 90 percent of the total fireworks output. Looking at the activeness of the people, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India nicknamed Sivakasi as "Kutti Japan" which means "Little Japan".
There are almost 400 manufacturers based in the city. Beside fireworks factories, there are many printing presses with in-house studios and artists, which produce a variety of colourful posters and calendar art.
Sivakasi's industries grew out of the economic struggles of India in the 1960s. Without government aid, the local people constructed matches, fireworks, and printing industries, which today contribute 80% of India's total safety matches production, 90% of India's total fireworks production, and 60% of India's total offset printing solutions. It is one of the highest Sales/Excise/Customs Duty paying towns, and has achieved 100% employment.Child Labour was once high during the 80's

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivakasi
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Coordinates:   9°27'31"N   77°47'37"E

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  • I Love Sivakai(kutti Japan)
  • i ve a luv in this place.. one of the reasons for rockin svks is cuz of my jillu..
  • I LIKE KUTTI JAPAN ALWAYS.
  • sivakasi is a hot place suitable only for business and not for tour resorts
  • i am love kutti japan
  • Wonderfull City
  • Sivakasi is a nice place where all the persons can get a job though not with high salary , can get a job that satisfies him....
  • this is a pattas nagar
  • Though it may be so hot here throughout the year, every one will feel happr when it rains.. And i'm one among them.. >"Backstreet boys"<
  • VERY SOON SIVAKASI A VERY BIG CITY
  • the ono & only kutti japan
  • I love fire city
  • cracker city
  • i a proud that i am in sivakasi
  • my town my pride
  • sivakasi 3 laks peaple life in the work (fireworks, match, printing )
  • I Like SIVAKASI.
  • SIVAKASI:The city of crackers.
  • rocker in crackers
  • I like crackers & pyro tech city.
  • The Municipal Officer or the Revenue Officers are requested to undertake the dedicated work to Draw the correct outline of the Sivakasi City Juridiction and the Taluks in Virudhunagar Districts from the available map in the Department to keep it neat and correct in the world map site. M.Dhanasekaran. Chennai
  • Fire works and match printing profits only get owner but workers nothing . When u coming cracker in sivakasi Agricultural now almost fins our land already change all land chemal in mix land this true
  • Hai sir
  • Hai sir
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