2 min readChandigarhDec 23, 2022 07:41 AM IST
First published on: Dec 23, 2022 at 07:41 AM IST
The municipal corporation (MC) will spend Rs 2.19 crore on the 51st Rose Festival-2023 to be held in February next year.
Out of the Rs 2.19 crore, about Rs 1.40 crore will be spent on the light and sound show, the approval for which was given in at the municipal corporation house meeting on Thursday.
In the meeting, it was decided to dedicate the upcoming Rose Festival to ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
Sources said that initially Rs 80 lakh was sanctioned for the light and sound show, but in Thursday’s meeting Rs 50 lakh more was added for the show, which will be included in the festival for the first time.
As per the details, Rs 34 lakh will be spent on waterproof tents, tea/coffee/lunch along with refreshments for the chief guests/judges, municipal corporation employees, etc., while Rs 10.03 lakh will be spent for the security light arrangements. A whopping Rs 18.45 lakh will be spent on the branding of the Rose Festival. The branding arrangements include passes, pamphlets, advertisement, media centre, prize tags, etc.
A total of Rs 5.55 lakh will be spent on prizes, mementos, gifts/toys for the participants, winners, chief guests, chairman, members of sub-committees, etc.
Meanwhile, an item on the agenda for providing a 20% subsidy in the booking amount for those holding events/marriages at its community centres, jhanj ghar, dharamshalas and open spaces in line with its ‘zero waste’ policy was also approved in the meeting.
The municipal corporation officials said that any functions held without using any kind of plastic or generating non-biodegradable trash fall in the ‘zero waste’ category. The subsidy will be transferred to the applicant’s bank account once MC officials inspect the venue after the event and find it satisfactory as per the ‘zero waste’ norms, the officials added.
The other items that were placed on the agenda in the meeting and and approved by the officials included repairing back service lanes in Sectors 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; renovating and repairing Fish Market, Sector 41; and laying fresh water supply lines where the existing ones are damaged and old in Sector 29B, among others.
A scene from the Chandigarh rose festival last year (Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh) 
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