CRPF Family Welfare Association-CWA rang down the curtain on its three days welfare exhibition yesterday held at the SDG Ground in Old JNU Campus New Delhi. The fair that began last Friday saw an unprecedented footfall coinciding with the pre-Diwali festive mood. Gracing the closing function of the welfare exhibition Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, DG CRPF said that the Jawans and their families are among the top priorities of the Force. He said that the CRPF personnel who are forefront of ensuring the internal security of the country are backed up their respective families and this is the reason that the CRPF has been making its mark in every corner of country. Describing CRPF as a “Laghu Bharat” Bhatnagar said that the three days grand exhibition by the CWA is truly of pan-Indian character.
Manu Bhatnagar, President CWA thanked one and all for having made the three days Annual Welfare Exhibition a grand success. The closing function of the exhibition saw celebrity like the renowned Bollywood singers Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Jaspinder Narula as also the popular comedian Kapil Sharma regaling the audience for a couple of hours before winding up.
As many as 38 stalls put up on the Mela ground proved as hubs of public interest, inquisitiveness and shopping. Particularly the CRPF pavilion raised at the ground was an instant hit for the crowd as it displayed the traditional courage and sacrifice made by the force personnel alongwith its past glory.
The range of sofisticated weapons, gazettes, non lethal inventory of the Rapid Action Force caught the eyes of one and all. The youthful visitors didn’t forget however to have a feel of the Jungle Warrior put up at the selfie corner. Similarly the Stall put up by the Chhattisgarh Sector, despite being a first timer in the Mela, drew huge crowds to traditional tribal utilities and artifacts like Dokra sculpture that were on display. In the same vein, other stalls set up by different CRPF Units also invoked visitors’ interest in the wide array of items from homemade delicacies and dresses to domestic utilities put up for sales. Other stalls also enjoyed equal footfalls in view of their respective range of saleable items that carried the flavour of regional cuisine and culture.
While large crowd kept thronging the Mela ground on all the three days, the organisers of the exhibition had for them colourful cultural performances in the evening. Unique cultural dance shows like Malkhamb, Sambalpuri dance and other regional dance drama kept the audience enthused all along. The Chotanagpuri Tribal dance performance by the members of Bastaria Batalion was in for a lot of viewers’ appreciation and applause.