The Government has decided to hold State level agriculture fair this year at Rajim Kumbh. The agriculture minister Brijmohan Agrawal revealed this after reviewing here the preparation of the 15-day Rajim Kumbh Mela beginning from February 14 at Rajim, Informed in an official statement issued here.
Agrawal and tourism and culture minister Ajay Chandrakar held a meeting of senior officials of the Gariabandh, Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari districts and directed them to complete all the preparation by February 10. Agrawal is also the minister of endowment trust and religion department. They also directed the officials of the water resources department to ensure that adequate water is made available at the Anikat and also that its both side were cleaned.
They also directed the officials to ensure that food were available at the premises until AN the mid night and the prices of food items should be displayed prominently. Public health department officials were told to put up adequate stand posts so that people get drinking water any time they need. They also emphasised the need for timely completion of the ongoing road repairing works, arrangement of parking facilities, street lights, generators, transport facilities, and necessary health services.
The Raman Singh Government which made a hat-trick in the last’s month elections has been planning to make this year’s Rajim Kumbh festival more attractive and it was because of that an elaborate preparations are being done much before. This year the Kalpavasa will be held till February 14 and preparation was already underway to make the rituals without any trouble.
The Kalpavasa Vratha is an esoteric pilgrimage performed during the Kumbha Mela. He said that the importance of this year’s Mela is evident from the fact that, the first file Cabinet minister Brijmohan Agrawal signed after taking oath of office, was on Rajim Kumbh Mela.