Made by inmates, colourful candles up for grabs

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 12

Besides mouth-watering sweets, gel and wax candles made by inmates of the Burail jail are up for grabs at Srijan, the exclusive jail store in Sector 22, this Diwali.

A team of around dozen inmates have come up with colourful candles, which have been made inside the jail.

Virat, AIG (Prisons), said different types of candle had been made available at the store. “The rates are lower than that of similar products available in the market,” he added.

Sweets, including khoya barfi, milk cake, besan barfi, rasgullas etc are also being sold at the store.

The jail has a dedicated kitchen for making sweets and other food items, which are sold in the market.

The AIG (Prisons) said keeping in view the demand for the jail products, three stalls would be set up in the city to sell candles.

“These products will be sold at stalls, which will come up at Sukhna Lake, the Sector 18 market and outside the RLA office in Sector 17,” he added.