People thronged to the National Handloom Expo on Parade Ground to spend the last day of the year in shopping.
The expo being organised by the Uttarakhand Handloom and Handicrafts Development Council (UHHDC) contains stalls selling products from Uttarakhand and various other states including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka among others.
On Monday, a considerable number of women visited the national handloom expo and purchased items like Banarasi Saris which were quite popular.
There is a wide range of Saris made from various materials with the cost ranging from Rs 1,000 a piece to Rs 30,000 a piece.
The stall owners also expressed happiness at the response they had received from the public in the expo. The national handloom expo is not held in many cities so the one organised in Dehradun provides a good platform to sell quality products, opined the traders.
The Mela officer KC Chamoli, Industry deputy director Mrityunjay Singh and other officials were also present at the expo on Monday.