Govt approves Rs 41.25 lakh for cultural progs, melas

Raipur, November 30, 2011

The government has approved Rs 41.25 lakh for all the cultural programmes and annual melas for current financial year. The officials of Culture Department informed that fund approved for diffeenr different events are - Bilasa Mahotsava Bilaspur – Rs three lakh, Jajwalyadev Lok Mahotsava Janjgir-Champa – Rs five lakh, Sirpur Mahotsava Sirpur – Rs five lakh, Tala Mahotsava Bilaspur – Rs two lakh, Ratanpur Mahotsava at Ratanpur Bilaspur – Rs five lakh, Kudurgarh Mahotsava Sarguja – Rs one lakh, Kabirpanthi mela Damakheda – Rs two lakh, Jagannath Mandir Rathyatra Mahotsava Raipur -  Rs two lakh, Kariya Dhruva mela Arjuni (Pithora) Mahasamund -  Rs 50000, Salana Urs Pak Committee Sanskritik Karyakram Durg – Rs two lakh, Shri Ramayan Sewa Samiti Sanskritik Karyakram gunderdehi Durg – Rs 50000, Kurud Dussehra Utsav Dhamtari – Rs 1.25 lakh, Gadhbasna Chaitrai mela Gadhbasna Kanker – Rs one lakh, for cultural programmes at Indira Kala Avum Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya Khairagarh – Rs five lakh, Kabeerdham mela Chourela Durg – Rs one lakh, Gauraiyyadham mela Chourela Durg – Rs one lakh and for annual state-level programme of Mehar community at Rajnandgaon on Ravidas Jayanti – Rs one lakh.