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Rose Festival will be organized on February 28, 29 and March 1

Chandigarh

The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and Tourism Department, UT, Chandigarh will organize Rose Festival on 28th, 29th February and 1st March, 2020 in the Rose Garden, here.

This was decided in a preliminary meeting of Rose Festival held here today in the conference hall of MCC under the Chairmanship of Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC and attended by Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, area councilor, other concerned officers of UT Administration and MCC.

During the meeting it was decided that the Rose Festival will be dedicated to “Plastic Mukt Festival” amid organizing various cultural programmes including competition for the children, young and old to ensure maximum participation of the general public in the Festival.

Competitions including Flower & Rangoli competition, competition of neighbourhood parks maintained by RWAs, Rose Prince and Rose Princess competition, Brass and pipe band competition, on the spot painting competition, rose quiz competition, photography competition, folk dance competition, Antakshri, Rose King and Rose Queen Competition, Mr. Rose & Ms. Rose Competition, Floral Hat Competition, Newlywed couple competition besides Helicopter rides.

The Commissioner said that this time the Plaza area of Sector 17 would be make live by providing food stalls and exhibitions of art and craft including live cultural programmes. He said that night sweeping will be done during the Rose Festival to provide a clean and better atmosphere inside and outside the Rose Garden.