The district is all set to host five-day fair, the Balasore Mahotsav and Pallishree Mela as well as Expo-2019 from Wednesday at the ITI field.
In this regard, a final review meeting was held under the chairmanship of district Collector Ramesh Chandra Rout, which was attended by the representatives of industries, line departments, besides the District Industries Centre(DIC), the Orissa Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS).
There would be more than 500 stalls and the budget for the event is about between Rs 25 -30 lakh. The programme organized at ITI field venue would conclude on Sunday.
The Balasore Chamber of Industries and Commerce (BCIC) while has been the key initiator of the event, the District Small Scale Industries Association and the North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industries are the other associations extending support for smooth conduct and success of the fair.
Apart from stalls by the district industrial units as well as outside, defence units like Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) and missile testing unit, Integrated Test Range (ITR) too would showcase their might through models and demonstrations.
During the period, seminar and discussions on various issues would be held focusing on vendors’ development, said organisers.
“The objective is to bring large industrial houses , Government departments, PSUs , multinationals export houses , small and medium enterprises, SMEs, SHGs to a common platform and to establish market linkages for them,” said BCIC president Himansu Das.
The industrial focus would be on the polymer and plastics, steels and mines, auto components, electrical and electronics, export, general engineering, chemical and food, glass and ceramics etc, he added.