Gopalpur Beach Festival to be held from December 24th-28th

BERHAMPUR: The famous Gopalpur beach festival is scheduled to start from December 24^th 2010. The beach festival is being organised by Ganjam District Hoteliers Association (GDHA) with help from the Ganjam district administration and police. The five-day cultural extravaganza is aimed at attracting tourists to the serene Gopalpur beach resort. The State Tourism Department has also decided to include the five-day period in December as the time for Gopalpur beach festival in the tourism calendar of Orissa.  A high-level preparatory meeting for the beach festival was held recently in the city in the office of the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division. The meeting was attended by RDC Chandrasekhar Kumar, district Collector V.K. Pandian, DIG Berhampur Range RK Sharma and Berhampur Superintendent of Police Safin Ahmed. The MLAs of Berhampur, Gopalpur and Members of the GDHA also took part in this meeting. The beach festival this year would showcase the local folk art forms. Cultural troupes from all over the country would take part in the festival.

Source: Dharitri