A Forest Food Festival organised by the People’s Cultural Centre (PECUC) started at the Exhibition Ground here on Friday.
Marking the occasion, a workshop was organised where hundreds of tribal women from the districts of Kendujhar, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Bargarh, Nabarangpur, Khordha, Kandhamal, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Mayurbhanj, etc., participated.
In the inaugural ceremony of the festival, Member, State Food Commission Dr Sipra Mallick, Special Secretary, Finance Pradeep Kumar Biswal, Secretary, PECUC, Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, Director PECUC Dr Minakhi Panda, specialist Ruby Rout and Dipak Mishra participated and shed light on nutritional value of traditional food, balanced food with special emphasis on the traditional farming culture of tribals.
This festival was organised in collaboration with DISHA and CAUSE. Executive Director of PECUC Anuradha Mohanty gave the welcome address.