Jaipur District Administration, Traders Coordinate for Smooth Diwali Celebrations

Jaipur, Oct 2025: Ahead of the upcoming five-day Diwali festival, the Jaipur district administration is working closely with traders to ensure seamless preparations and administrative arrangements. On Friday, District Collector Dr. Jitendra Kumar Soni held a review meeting at the Collectorate Auditorium with office-bearers of various trade associations, market unions, and industrial organizations across Jaipur to discuss the festival’s preparations.

The meeting was attended by over 160 representatives from 50 trade associations. Dr. Soni emphasized that Diwali is not only a religious festival but also a celebration of Jaipur’s vibrant culture and the collective spirit of “Team Jaipur.” He urged all departments, business organizations, and citizens to collaborate to maintain Jaipur’s identity as the “City of Lights.”

Dr. Soni directed the concerned departments to make special arrangements for cleanliness, beautification, security, traffic management, electricity supply, fire safety, health services, parking, and encroachment control during the festival. He highlighted that millions of residents and tourists visit markets daily during Diwali, requiring coordinated action and quick response mechanisms to avoid inconvenience.

The District Collector instructed officials to repair all city roads, ensure cleanliness in markets, remove garbage and encroachments promptly, and carry out decorative lighting and beautification on major streets and intersections. The Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) was asked to ensure continuous electricity supply and inspect faulty wires or transformers.

The Health Department will provide mobile medical units and ambulances in market areas. Police and traffic authorities were asked to plan for crowd control and traffic diversion, while the fire department will inspect fire safety equipment and increase patrolling in main markets.

Representatives from major markets, including Johari Bazaar, Bapu Bazaar, Tripolia Bazaar, Mirza Ismail Road, Mansarovar, Vaishali Nagar, Vidyadhar Nagar, and Malviya Nagar, attended the meeting along with heads of trade associations such as Jaipur Trade Federation and Rajasthan Automobile Dealers Association.

Traders suggested practical measures for electricity, parking, traffic management, streetlight repairs, waste disposal, temporary food stall control, and security during the festival. They emphasized that regular dialogue and shared responsibility between the administration and traders could make Jaipur’s Diwali an exemplary celebration nationally.

Additional District Collector (South) Yugantar Sharma stated that Diwali is not just about lights and decoration but also a festival of social unity, discipline, cleanliness, and civic awareness. He encouraged citizens to adopt “Green Diwali” practices, such as limited firecracker use, plastic-free decorations, and energy-efficient lighting.

A district-level control room at the Collectorate will provide immediate assistance in case of any emergency during the festival. Officials from police, traffic, JDA, municipal corporation, health, electricity, public works, tourism, revenue, commerce, and industry departments participated in the meeting.