Noney gears up to host Orange Festival
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Daniel Kamei
Tamenglong, November 17 2013:
With Governor of Manipur and Nagaland Dr Ashwani Kumar confirming his participation as Chief Guest to inaugurate the 10th State Level Orange Festival, 2013 on 14th December 2013, Longmai (Noney), which is going to host the event, is gearing up to present the greatest show in the history of the winter festival.
As done in previous years, various district level organising committees have been set up for the smooth conduct of the State Level Orange Festival during a meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner of Tamenglong district C Arthur W, IAS, at his official bungalow on November 1 .
The meeting appointed Kamiuthuan Kamei, PO, DRDA, Tamenglong as nodal officer for the State Level Orange Festival 2013 and he would be assisted by by Kajaigai Gangmei, SDO Nungba.
The meeting also entrusted Kajaigai Gangmei, SDO Nungba and KG.
Daigong SDO Khoupum to mobilize local manpower and resources to assist all the committees and officers in charge for the successful conduct of the 10th State Level Orange Festival 2013 .
Though the amount of the prizes for the orange competition, orange queen and sub- title winners are yet to be confirmed officially, the meeting, nonetheless, tentatively set Rs.3 lakhs, Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively as the cash prize for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners of the orange competition.
For the orange queen competition, the meeting set Rs.1 lakh, Rs.75,000 and Rs 50,000as prize money for the queen, first and second runners up respectively.
The meeting also decided to award 12 sub- titles with Rs 10 thousand each.
The exact amount of the cash prizes to be given, however, is expected to be finalised in the next meeting of the State Level Organising Committee.