The National Handloom Expo would be held in the city from December 2 to 22 this year. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Kujur has accorded permission to the Chhattisgarh State Handicrafts Development and Marketing Co-operative Federation to conduct the Expo at Motibagh in the city.
Incidentally, a Crafts Bazaar is currently being held between November 22 to December 4 showcasing the crafts of north eastern states including Sikkim at Guru Teg Bahadur Bhavan, Civil lines opposite Raj Bhavan in the city.
The crafts bazaar is being organised by North Eastern Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation ltd with financial assistance of Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Union Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi, an official press release issued here on Friday.
Similarly, the National Handloom Expo would have artisans from Madhya Pradesh, Haryana , West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Odhisha, Rajasthan, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra besides other states would be selling their products in the Expo.Chhattisgarh had been holding the National Handloom Expo in the month of December every year since 2001.