Visitors throng riverbed to be part of history

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Despite a few alleged shortcomings at the Art of living (AOl)'s World Culture  Festival (WCF) being held at Yamuna riverbed, the three-day mega event that began on Friday witnessed a huge turnout on Saturday.

A few visitors lamented hard times at the venue as they had to walk long distances from the parking lot to the main venue.

Besides, the missing sign boards for the directions towards parking areas from the venue made things a bit difficult for them.

One of the visitors, Sidharth Chauhan, said he faced trouble to reach parking area from the venue as there were no sign board. "The parking venue is too far from the main site and we were confused about the direction," said Chauhan.

Poor lighting too added to the problem, said a visitor. A few people were seen using mobile phone lights to make their way to the parking lot. Sujoy Mohpatra, a visitor from Mumbai, said due to rain there was puddle and walking on mud turned out to be difficult. 

A few framers, who had come from Maharashtra to participate in the mega cultural event, too faced troubles to reach their bus at the parking lot. Sigodha Dhavde, who was leading his troop towards the main road, said it took thirty minutes to reach the bus. "We are new to the city and we do not know where we were going. We asked at least ten people to reach near our bus," said Dhavde.

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