Varanasi prepares for Navratri

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A civic checklist for pandals

Municipal Commissioner Himanshu Nagpal has directed departments to prepare sanitation, lighting, water, drainage and roads for Navratri and Durga Puja. Report: 28 Sep 2026 • Illustrative image

Clean lanes, working lights

The instructions call for daily pandal-area inspections, garbage removal, nearby dustbins, repaired streetlights and approach-road patchwork. Report: 28 Sep 2026 • Illustrative image

Checks must show the work

Officers must identify waterlogging spots and prepare drains and pumps. Photographic compliance reports are required before and during the festival. Report: 28 Sep 2026 • Illustrative image