Rajyotsava', the three-day State festival will be organized at Dr Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Industry and Business Centre in Naya Raipur from November 1 this year.
State Government has started preparations for the festival which will be based on the theme 'Sabke Saath Sabka Saath'. Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand presided over a meeting of senior officers of different departments held here on Thursday regarding preparations to be made for the 'Rajyotsava' festival.
Dhand directed the officers to start the preparation and complete the works on a war footing.He assigned responsibilities to the officers regarding facilities for people at the venue like traffic and parking, seating arrangement, drinking water, first aid facility, fire fighting system, power supply and other necessary arrangements, officials said.
A number of cultural programmes will be organized during 'Rajyotsava'. A Food Zone and ‘Dal-Bhat’ Centre will also be established at the venue. Awards and citations established by different departments of the State government in the names of great personalities will also be given to the finalists on the occasion.
An exhibition will also be organized at the venue, the officials saidApart from various departments of the State government, the public sectors and private sector industries will be invited for the exhibition.
Films highlighting the historical and cultural heritage besides development of the State will be screened at the venue. All the government buildings will be decorated with lighting for the Rajyotsava, officials said. Additional Chief Secretary Home NK Aswal, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister and Housing & Environment Department N Baijendra Kumar, Director General of Police AN Upadhyay, Director General of Police (Home Guards) Girdhari Nayak, Principal Secretary Food and Health Dr Alok Shukla, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Department of IT and Energy Aman Kumar Singh, Secretary, Higher Education Bl Agarwal, Commissioner Raipur Division Dr Bl Tiwari, Inspector General of Police GP Singh and RK Vij, Collector Raipur Thakur Ram Singh and other senior officials were present in the meeting.