Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) is all set to organise the first of its kind Street Food Festival here in the Capital City under the ongoing ‘Urban Prosperity Festival’ programme.
In a major effort to promote tribal cuisines including a few key ventures of different Self Help Groups (SHGs) among the urban populace, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has planned a weeklong programme.
The programme will be organised from February 14 onwards and continue till February 19. According to an official of the Municipal Corporation, the organisers are on its last leg of preparations and the final schedule of the event will be released on February 11.
“The preparations are on full swing. The venue has been finalised. Considering the footfall of the people, the street food fest will be organised at Morhabadi Ground. Two different sub-committees have been constituted to manage the entire affair,” said RMC Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Sanjay Kumar.
“Four members of the Town Vending Committee (TVC) including the SHGs associated with Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) venture have been included for this prime venture. Besides the stalls of the street food vendors, a few other stalls of major eateries located here in the State Capital will be also set up during the food festival,” Kumar added.
According to the City Manager associated with RMC – NULM Cell, the event is being organised under the aegis of DAY-NULM scheme. The specific project aims to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households through building strong grassroots level institutions of the poor.
“As many as 80 stalls will be put up in the weeklong fest. With the assistance of TVC members, the list of 40 street food sellers has been finalised. Also, 20 stalls of women SHGs will be put up at the venue while rest 20 stalls will be of other hotelier/ eatery owners running in the State Capital,” Kumar said.
Further, he clarified that the motto behind organising this event is to provide a platform to the street vendors. Considering the elaborate schemes of DAY-NULM programme, the organisers have also planned a job fair during the ongoing fest.
“The visitors will be made familiar with the ongoing schemes which primarily includes social welfare, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and Ayushmaan Bharat. Stalls of different nationalised banks including the training programme details of DAY-NULM will be given to the visitors. A few cultural events are also on the cards,” Kumar stated.