The ministry of Tourism and Culture of Uttarakhand is completely prepared for the winterline carnival starting from Friday.
To attract number of tourists Mussoorie hotel association is also providing discounts to their customers. The festival gets its name from winterline, a unique phenomenon visible only at Mussoorie. It can only be viewed when the setting sun drops below the imaginary horizon overlooking the Doon Valley. The horizon is a mauve and grey coloured strip with yellow and orange colour line at the upper end of the strip. This Winterline is visible from mid-October to end of February.
Regional Tourist Officer YK Gangwar said that almost all preparation has done and 200 seats are already booked. “This carnival will definitely help in attracting large number of tourists in the State, said Gangwar”. Musical evenings, heritage walks, mountain biking, games, plays, painting competitions and lot many other events is going to happen in the four day winter line carnival.
The first day of the carnival will began with the performance of IMA band and States cultural Depiction Parade. After that a play “Galib” was staged by the actor Tom Alter and the last performance will be performed by percussionist and drummer A. Shivamani The second day's programme comprises a fashion show, Mussoorie heritage walk, run for Mussoorie, rock climbing and mountain biking. The third day programme covers heritage walk, roller skating, treasure hunt, tea with Ruskin Bond, photography competition for locals and tourists, live band competition, a cultural night- Ramchaul performance by Narendra Singh Negi and Pritam Bhartwan and lastly performance by Shibani Kashyap.
On the last day, there will be a vintage car rally, painting competitions and live performance by Bollywoood singer Arijit Singh whose songs feature in movies like "Aashiqui 2" and performance by singer Bobby Cash. On December 31 there will be a display of fireworks at Gunhill on the occasion of New Year and conclusion of the carnival.