The annual Winter Beach Festival would kick off at Chandipur from December 25. During the three-day festival, besides the cultural programmes, the art and culture of the State would be showcased, informed chairman of the festival committee ad former MlA Arun Dey at a Press meet here on Sunday.
This is the sixth year of the festival and all efforts are being made to make the festival attractive, Dey said. The secretary of the festival committee Amiya Mohanty said the festival committee maintains outmost transparency in collection and expenditure.
He demanded that the committee should get grants from the Culture Department which is being given to a particular festival committee.