Jaipur Mar 18 PTI Holi was celebrated across Rajasthan with great enthusiasm on Friday with people thronging the streets smearing each other with gulal and exchanging greetings after two years of muted festivities due to Covid curbsChief Minister Ashok Gehlot extended greetings to the people of the state on the occasionGreetings on Holi the festival of colours filled with love and joy May this festival bring happiness prosperity and happiness in everyones life he tweetedRevellers splashed bright colours at each other with everyone trying to make up for the two years that were lost to the Covid pandemicGovind Parihar and his friends in Jodhpur said We used to play Holi in the first half of the day But this year we will have celebrations the entire day with family and friends Holi this year is very special because the last two years there was not much celebration because of the pandemic Jaipur resident Girdhari Lal Sharma saidState minister Mahesh Joshi celebrated Holi with the party workers in JaipurSimilarly BJP state president Satish Poonia played Holi with the party workers at his residence Our workers are full of enthusiasm because of the partys victory in assembly elections in four states The victory is being celebrated once again on Holi today The police and transport departments came up with creative social media posts asking people not to break laws not to harass others and avoid drunk drivingTaking to memes the state police warned against harassing women and also publicised the helpline numbers for the victims seeking recourseThe transport department also created memes asking people to play Holi safely and avoid drunk drivingThe department has launched a two-day special campaign to make the festival of Holi road accident-free We are posting photos and messages with the hashtag HoliHaiExcuseNahi on various platforms of social media Transport Commissioner Mahendra Soni said PTI SDA NSD NSD

Jaipur Jan 27 PTI After the Rajasthan transport department made it mandatory for driving license applicants to declare their willingness for organ donation or otherwise over 314 lakh candidates have taken the pledge an official said on Thursday This figure is probably the highest in the entire country Transport and Road Safety Commissioner Mahendra Soni said He said due to the non-availability of organs in India more than five lakh people die prematurely every year The departments initiative is receiving continuous support Now the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation SOTO run by the state government has also joined us to take this campaign forward he said Data of those driving license holders that have pledged for organ donation will be handed over to SOTO so that the counselling of the consenting licensees and their relatives will be easier in the event of any casualty he said After a meeting of the transport department officials and those from SOTO Soni released a poster that read Yes I support organ donation PTI AG CJ CJ