Mangalore: Sep 24: Dakshina Kananda district administration has decided to organise Karavali Utsav only for 12 days from December 20 to 31 this year and not for a month like earlier years.
In a preparatory meeting at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday, Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim said that it has been decided to reserve 50 per cent of the stalls for government departments including education, health, social welfare, backward class, ITDP, agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, watershed and forest departments.
While the department stalls will be exhibited for 12 days, exhibitions by event manager will be open for 30 days. Along with the exhibition, each department will get an opportunity to observe one day as the particular department's day. The total expenditure for 12 days is estimated at Rs 40 lakh.
In order to promote the art and culture of coastal region, platform will be provided to perform traditional folk arts, rural games, exhibition of traditional food etc.
District and state-level artistes will showcase their expertise, unlike in previous years, when local artistes used to perform on the main stage. Food fest will be organised, where people from different regions and states will exhibit the typical food of that particular region.
Kite festival, sand art, water sports, beach volleyball, tug of war, Mangalore marathon, beach Kabaddi, beach throwball will be organised as a part of Beach Utsav.
Chairing the meeting, District-in-Charge Minister directed to involve nationalised banks and public sector companies in Karavali Utsav by allowing them to open their stalls in the exhibition.
A grand procession should be arranged at Nehru Maidan as a part of the festival, he said. However, he negated the idea of organising taluk-level Karavali Utsav as it will be an additional expenditure and does not serve the purpose.
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