Economic Reporter :
The coronavirus epidemic has killed more than 47,000 people worldwide. About 9 lakh people have been infected. When the entire human race is experiencing extreme disasters due to coronavirus, multinational companies British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco are continuing to do exclusive cigarette business.
On the other hand, the local bidi industry has been closed due to the dependence of labor intensive workers and they are living a miserable life. The information’s were sent by representatives from different parts of the country, a press release said.
It is reported that before the outbreak of coronavirus, they produced and stored large quantities of cigarettes and supplied a large amount of cigarettes to the shops before the lockdown. On the other hand, due to the dependence of domestic workers in bidi industry, production has stopped due to corona virus.
Meanwhile, realizing the pandemic situation, foreign cigarette companies have already produced huge amounts of cigarettes in the country and doing well.
On the one hand, these unemployed people are living a miserable life due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Besides, the bidi consumers are turning to cigarettes as the factories are closed. As a result, foreign cigarette companies are doing exclusive business.
