jaipur after an almost blackout of celebrations last year a lot of excitement is building up in the run up to diwali this year people who could not even clean their houses in 2020 have started buying new things such as furniture and home furnishing products like rugs bedsheets cushion covers etc dhirendra raghav president of federation of trade and industry said for diwali this year the consumer sentiment has improved vastly this diwali is going to be better than the one in 2019 just before pandemic broke outraghav said the city markets are already crowded and the influx of large number of tourists is adding to the festive moodfestive buying is also picking up in the real estate segment rajendra singh pachar secretary of credairajasthan said the number of enquires have increased this shows lot of buyers are coming to the market we expect surge in deals across all categories of propertiespachar said there is lot of pent up demand which will give a boost to the real estate industry replacements of old household white goods did not happen last year the traders and dealers of various brands expect a substantial increase in salesin november there are a number of wedding dates jewellers expect along with festival demand weddingrelated purchase will push the gold and jewellery sales with new covid cases remaining negligible increased socialization will induce people to buy more clothes and other fashion related items traders and showroom owners said the diwali season is critical to the survival of many businesses hope there are no surprises on covid front