“We have been hearing from different sources that there will be fresh sanctions and it will start with large diamonds,” Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) chairman Vipul Shah told ET. “However, we do not have any idea in what form the sanctions will come in. This will impact the employment of diamond workers in Surat as well as in Saurashtra, Amreli and Bhavnagar.”