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Orange Festival in Tamenglong on Dec 9
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Daniel Kamei
Tamenglong, November 08 2015:
The 12th Edition of the State Level Orange Festival will be held at Tamenglong District Headquarters on December 9 .
Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh is likely to grace festival as the Chief Guest.
The first sitting of State Level Orange Festival was held on November 6 in Imphal Chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam is also the Chairman of the State Level Orange Festival Committee.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tamenglong M Luikham informed that the ring road in Tamenglong Town will be repaired before the forthcoming Orange festival.
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The next sitting for the festival will be held on November 16.During the first meeting, the budget of the festival besides the names of those who will be invited as the Chief Guest, Guests of Honour and special invitees were discussed.
It has been suggested that Chief Minister Ibobi should be invited to grace the festival as the Chief Guest.
Last year, around 350 orange growers participated in the festival and Chief Minister of Manipur was the Chief Guest.
Sources informed that the festival this time too would have a number of competitions and showcase cultural items from other districts of Manipur.
While the district is gearing up for the Orange Festival, there are reports that many growers have given up planting orange saplings this year due to the State's inability to fight "orange disease" that have affected the overall harvest.
It may also be mentioned here that every year, a seminar on orange is held as part of the festival.
Many orange growers used to participate in the seminar.
However, the farmers are still struggling to fight the diseases that have affected reaping good harvest.
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