Jamshedpur gears up for a safe Diwali

Jamshedpur, Oct 22: The much-loved festival of Diwali, with its multitude of colours and vibes, is just around the corner and it’s time to soak in festive spirit. 

Diwali, is traditionally celebrated by lighting earthen lamps, distributing sweets and gifts among friends and family. The practise of bursting crackers seems to have come much later and is becoming noisier by the day. Moreover, air pollution reaches dangerous levels during that time of the year.

However, over the years there have been campaigns across Jamshedpur to shift to a more environment friendly and a safe Diwali. 

The district administration, corporate sectors and institutions have taken steps to ensure that festival of lights passes off safely and peacefully in the city.

Be it in terms of preparedness for emergencies in burnt incidents at health center to police patrolling to prevent trouble during Diwali revelry and rushing in to douse flames in case of fire mishaps, the district administration is on its toes for smooth celebration of the festival.

Special children of Jamshedpur, Diwali is more than just a celebration of light. It is that time of the year when they are at their creative best as they get together to make an amazing variety of Diwali decorative items. From designer candles to diyas they make everything to make the festival special for everyone.

Students of School of Hope and Parents’ Association for the Mentally Handicapped — a centre in Dhatkidih — are busy preparing beautiful designer candles and diyas for the festival of lights, which will also help them to earn some pocket money.

The special children of various centres in the steel city are grabbing attention with their display of diyas and candles made by them. Special children and their parents and the management of School of Hope are very much excited with the response and have expressed their gratitude to the people for appreciating the candles and diyas made by these special children.

This year many varies of diyas and candles were on display all made by the special children of School of Hope.

The price of the items  range from Rs.5/-  to  Rs.200/- . “The aim is to train them well so that tomorrow, when they leave the special school, they can earn and live a life of dignity,” said an official of the school.  

Several coporate houses issue a dos and don’t posters during Diwali celebration. “The posters will have valuable tips for a safe Diwali with advises like using protective glasses during bursting of crackers and avoiding synthetic clothes and bursting crackers under the guidance of elders. The posters will be put up at each of the company’s 45 residential apartments,” said a spokesperson.

“All the police stations have been asked to intensify their patrolling especially in evening and night on October 24 to prevent any untoward incident especially in communally sensitive pockets. Around 25 magistrates will be deployed in different police stations for monitoring law and order situation,” an official.

“We have asked all the hospitals (private and state-owned) to be on guard to attend to fire-related victims at emergency with enough stock of medicines and ointments for burnt cases. Ambulances will be on alert 24×7 at Sadar Hospital (Khasmahal) and MGM Medical College and Hospital (at Sakchi),” said East Singhbhum civil surgeon Dr Sahir Paul.