The 21st Patha Utsav on April 16 will have a special display of rescue operations by the personnel of the Odisha Fire Service. The awareness-cum display of the various procedures used by the fire-fighting personnel would be organised on the occasion of the National Fire Service Week, which falls between April 14 and April 20.
Deputy Fire Officer Ramesh Chandra Majhi said, “We are going to not only make people aware, but let them know how they should make them prepared for crisis like fire or any natural calamities so as to remain future-ready.”
The fire-fighting event will include activities relating to common fire-fighting, in multi-storeyed apartment, different extinguishers and the associated rescue process for other natural disasters like cyclones and floods. A major attraction is the Odisha Modern Art Gallery, the first private art gallery of the city in the Forest Park, which will come up with clay modelling through terracotta method, pottery with the help of the potter’s wheel and painting by the participants.
“Though there were clay modelling and art shows before, this is perhaps for the first time, the participants at Patha Utsav will experience terracotta art on-the-spot by experienced artists,’’ said co-ordinator of Odisha Modern Art Gallery Subrat Mohanty. After theevent the art work will be displayed in a beautiful manner in the form of a tree as an installation.
Cristeena Biju, the finalist in the Fashion Bib Bazar Femina Miss India from Odisha, will be volunteering at the Bakul library on the Road. Biju, who is a student at National Institute of Fashion Technology, will be telling stories and conducting art and craft sessions.
The Patanjali Yoga will organise a yoga camp. Similarly, other organisations like Women In Society Help (WISH) will organise street plays. Another city-based organisation Help Mate will organise awareness on HIV and AIDS. Art and craft organisations like India Craft Nation, Maavni and social service organisations like PECUC, Manab Adhyan Kendra will also participate with their respective themes.
In the music segment, usual players like Shakuntala Music and Ama Kalakar Parivar and young talents from the city will perform at two stages, one in front of Hotel Swosti and the other in front of Marion.
The skating, cycling, dancing sections will also be there to attract the people towards the non-motorised transport (NMT) concept as Patha Utsav was conceived with a motto to make citizens healthy and smart.