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UDCRM kick-starts promotion of local resources at Ukhrul
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Pamreiso Shimray
Ukhrul, November 21 2012:
To promote local resources and the talent of youths, Ukhrul District Community Resource Management Society (UDCRMS) has kick-started a three-day 'Exhibition and Sales' at Tangkhul Naga Long ground from Wednesday.
The three-day event, which is being participated by NarmG and SHGs from various villages, was inaugurated by Ukhrul Deputy Commissioner R Sudhan.
Hundreds of visitors turned up for the inaugural programme and witnessed the afternoon session which came alive to musical talent hunt show.
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More than 40 stalls are being put up by various Narmg and SHGs from villages under UDCRMS project areas.
Local products that are on exhibition and sale include king chili, banana, orange, fish, flower, assorted pickles, weaving and handloom items, blacksmith wares, candies, kiwi, ginger, broomsticks, honey, squash, black pottery among others.
In his welcome note, UDCRMS project manager Tychicus Vashum said there are 725 SHGs and 246 NarmG under its wing, while the project now covers about 200 villages in the district.
For the Talent Hunt show, as many as 74 candidates turned up for audition but only 10 of them have been qualified for grand finale.
This year's ''Exhibition and Sale'' is the sixth edition and it basically focused on promoting local resources.
The UDCRMS, which is funded by United Nations agency, is in its thirteenth year of operation in Ukhrul district.
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