Jharsuguda Round Table 236 and ladies Circle 126 will jointly organise “Patangbaaz”, a kite festival, at Manmohan ME School Ground here to mark the Makar Sankranti on January 12.
Addressing a Press conference, Round Table chairman Deepak Agrawal claimed that the kite festival would be the first-of-its-king in the western Odisha. “There are a lot of kite enthusiasts and this event will provide them a platform to initiate a kite-flying culture here in the western district,” Agrawal maintained.
The event will start at 9 am and will continue till sunset. “We are planning to observe ‘Patangbaaz’ in a grand way, which would entertain people belonging to all age groups,” said Agrawal. He also informed that some fun making programmes like zorbing, dart game, candy rush, Tambola game and lucky dip will be organised to attract children and women.
Stating that the round table is a charitable organization, Agrawal said the revenue to be generated from the events will be utilised for education of the poor and needy students. Among others, round table general secretary Suresh Tulshyan, treasurer Prasant Behera and project coordinator Dinesh Sahu were present.