FROM NOW ON VEHICLE FREE WEEKENDS AT KOLKATA’S LALDIGHI: CM MAMTA BANERJEE

TNI News Service (TNS)

Webdesk, TNI Kolkata, 28th December, 2015: The recent proposition of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding the vehicle free weekends at Laldighi, Kolkata has left many nearby residents fortunate as it would be easy for them to reveal one of the crucial heritage of the city encircled by many heritage structures like Writer’s Building, Fairlie place, Calcutta GPO etc. The locals are much stimulated with the new concept claiming that this will surely be an initiative towards the pollution control. It is also claimed at the inauguration of Biswa Bangla Lok Sanskriti Utsav, that the state government will provide a monthly honorarium Rs. 1000 to about 50,000 traditional artists across the state. This 10 days festival at Laldighi, Kolkata will end on 1st January. Locals are glad about this new concept as people mostly come to Laldighi on weekends to have a good time with their families. The Biswa Bangla brand is drumming up the dying art forms by showcasing several handicraft stalls starting from handbags to wooden show pieces at the program. Through this festival, the artists now are getting their fruitful dough following many more opportunities to work in other government festivals.

Photo: Puja Sahani (INT-Kolkata)