With homes decorated with beautifully created rangolis, colourful lights and earthen lamps, people in Chhattisgarh’s capital as well as other parts of the State celebrated the festival of light ‘Diwali’ this year with great enthusiasm as the cases of COVID-19 infection significantly dropped.

As the cases dropped significantly and no new deaths were reported in the state capital in the last few days, people in the city celebrated Diwali in a joyous mood. The enthusiasm of celebrations was witnessed in the market and also among local traders, including those deals in selling crackers. Be it clothing sector, sweets, automobiles or any other, this year’s celebration of Diwali has brought cheers on the faces of everyone.

Due to pandemic induced restrictions, the celebration of Diwali for the last two years was impacted largely.

However, with no such restrictions this year, people celebrated the festival of lights with gusto. Moreover, even after the passing of 48 hours, the fever of celebration was witnessed in the city today as several busy streets as well as government offices adopted a deserted look. Despite limitation set for the bursting of crackers, people in enthusiasm of the celebration were seen lighting variety of crackers across the city.