poojaraisinghanitimesgroupcomahead of holi the streets are flooded with chirpy kids and vibrant colours and browsing through an array of accessories and hitech water guns are the parents who now have to equip their children before the new stock runs outthis season the manufacturers have definitely taken things up a notch water guns inspired by popular video games and even those with new 500 and 2000 rupee stickers printed on them were everywhere while there were cartoons for the younger kids the older ones chose from a range of hydro blasters with the capacity to spray coloured water at a distance of three to 20 meters its all about efficiency kids prefer highpressure water guns with maximum water capacity pipes with technology that can fill over 100 water balloons in just 60 seconds are also gaining popularity says sailee veer a parttime seller at gamdevi we also keep a track of the cartoons that kids watch these days they prefer playing with pichkaris that feature their favourite characters like chhota bheem doraemon minions and angry birds she addson the other hand mohanlal solanki the owner of a retail store in thane mentioned that basic designs remain unchanged when it comes to festive toys but we now have guns connected to water tanks with an increased capacity 58 litres he informshowever market volatility is inevitable and with people being more and more sensitised this segment has also been affected the demand for water balloons and water guns has been declining over the years as people are trying to be ecofriendly water supply is also restricted during holi to avoid wastage nonetheless some parents still want their children to be a part of the festivities in some way or the other so they continue to purchase these accessories says a local seller from dadar