Sangai Festival for 7 days this year
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 12 2019:
Organising committee of Manipur Sangai Festival has resolved to hold the festival for just 7 days this year.
According to a reliable source, the resolution was taken during a meeting of the organising committee chaired by CM N Biren, who also holds the Tourism portfolio, at the CM Secretariat this evening.
The source further informed that the festival will be held from Nov 24-30 and sub-committees of the festival were also formed.
Apart from providing innovative ideas to the Government, the sub-committees will also be responsible for creating the budget of the festival.
After the curtain raiser of the festival on September 25 at New Delhi, promotional work of Manipur Tourism will be carried out at Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, said one of the officials.
To seek sponsorship from both public and private companies, a committee headed by the Principal Secretary Finance was also formed.