LUCKNOW: Diwali business is up and down for potters and making clay lamps faces many challenges.

Lucknow-based potters say they face many challenges in their business of making clay lamps and other decorative products during Diwali. Rising soil prices, the arrival of other attractive products on the market and poor economic conditions have affected their business. The family has been making earthen lamps and colorful idols for generations, but now they are finding it difficult to run the business. They hope that demand for their products will increase during Diwali.