With a motive to enhance patriotism, a week-long ‘Swadeshi Mela’, kicked off on Wednesday at Mazdoor Maidan at Bokaro, luring many visitors of outskirts too. Visitors were attracted to the Indian products like ‘Khadi’ and other indigenous products. With a wide range of country-made colourful indigenous products of Khadi garments and handicrafts items, the Mela created a deep impact on the visitors’ mind.
About 105 stalls of different products, including toys, fabrics, modern furniture, garments, kitchen utensils and processed food items like pickles and jams, hand made ornaments, devotional products, are displayed in the mela. In Mela, one can find all the stalls including agriculture, food processing, auto ancillaries, banking and finance, chemicals, communication, consumer durables, electrical and lighting, electronics, engineering, entertainment, handicrafts, health and tourism, herbal products, infrastructure, insurance, rural and cottage industries, textiles and garments and others, which represented almost all States and regions of the country.
Wooden furniture bearing intricate designs and famous carpets of Uttar Pradesh and handmade digestives from Jaipur was some of the attractions of the mela. The educational consultants have also shown their keen interest in the mela through big and attractive stalls to motivate and guide the students for their future aspects. “The Swadeshi Mela is one of the most prominent tools adopted by Swadeshi Jagran Manch for indigenous promotion of country-made goods at Bokaro Steel City,” said an official of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch.