The stalls put up by the DRDO are now stealing the show at the district-level Pallishree Mela and Industrial Expo underway here since Friday.
The Integrated Test Range (ITR) and Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have showcased their products and activities to which a large number of visitors, mostly youths, are visiting every day.
Models of missiles, including Agni-V, tanks and guns and shielding mechanism are being displayed to show the fire power of India.
Besides video clips of life launching of missiles are being displayed. DRDO staffs are explaining various questions of the visitors. The ITR pavilion is also showing its brief history from establishment of the unit at Chandipur till the date.
“The young mass is showing keen interest in the defence stalls. They have lot of quarries. Basically our display is to attract the young mass and create interest among them towards science, technology and defence besides generating an awareness among them the developments that are being taken place in defence sector by the DRDO,” said ITR Director Binay Kumar Das .
“I am excited to see the defence products and technologies about which we hear or see in television. It is a unique stall at the Expo ground,” said Priyanka Sahu, a college student. About 500 stalls have been put up by various industries and organisations on the fair ground.