Jaipur Imposes Internet Blackout During Major Anti-Encroachment Road Widening Drive

Authorities in Jaipur have enforced a 24-hour mobile internet blackout and two weeks of prohibitory orders as the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) launches a massive anti-encroachment drive. The operation focuses on clearing illegal structures, including several religious sites, that fall within the designated alignment for an 80-foot road-widening project near the railway line in the Jagatpura area.

To maintain order, police have deployed 3,000 personnel and implemented drone surveillance to monitor the sensitive demolition process. The administration has explicitly stated that these communication restrictions are preemptive measures designed to prevent the spread of rumors, maintain public peace, and ensure that the project proceeds without violent obstruction or civil unrest.

While the situation in Jaipur remains tense but controlled, separate, unrelated reports have emerged of violent clashes during an anti-encroachment drive in Kolkata. The coordination in Jaipur reflects an increasingly assertive approach by urban development authorities nationwide to reclaim public land, even when such actions involve delicate religious or residential structures that have historically occupied those zones.