surat navratri is a rs15crore business in surat however recession has squeezed the business to just rs5 crore this year nonetheless five big celebrations have been planned in the city for navratri which is barely 10 days away under the grip of recession main business segments of surat city including diamond textile and even real estate are reeling under severe cash crunch in such a scenario festivities will be on a low key it will be for the first time in history that no commercial garba will be organized in the surat municipal corporation smcrun indoor stadium earlier it stayed vacant only when the stadium was under major repairs for two yearshowever different organizers have organized garba events at five different venues including sarsana convention centre cd patel ground swarna bhumi ground jolly party plot and at adajan rangeela garba but for adajan venue which is an open ground all other places are either covered or temporarily built ac domes it is the surat peoples nature to make merry in spite of monetary concerns for enjoyment and food surtis will never tighten their purse strings said denny nirbang one of the event organizers in the cityhe further said that this year however reflects the impact of bad economy this is for the first time that organizers are facing huge sponsorship issues he addedaccording to nirbang in the past the main sponsor of big ticket events would pay at least rs 6070 lakh for the entire nineday event but now that budget has been reduced by at least 50 per cent the buzz around the city also has it that this year at majority of the venues organizers are into barter system another event organizer in the city said on the condition of anonymity cash dealings are rare this year we have not had a single cash dealing and we dont know how we will arrange for electricity and other incidental expenses i think we will end up paying from our own pockets than earning anything out of the event