The service road by the airport-bound flank of VIP Road is wearing a festive look with the stretch from Ultadanga to Bangur Avenue illuminated. Poush Parbon Christmas Utsab was inaugurated on Thursday and welcoming visitors is a 25ft Santa Claus and an equally tall baul.
“There are 70 stalls, mostly selling a variety of food items from both branded eateries and local entrepreneurs,” said fire and emergency services minister Sujit Bose, the president of Sreebhumi Sporting Club which is organising the event. The branded stalls include Arsalan, Aminia and Sher-e-Punjab for north Indian cuisine and Haka for Chinese. There will be sweets and savouries from Monginis, Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick, Mishti Katha, Gokul and Bika. Peethe will be prepared live. Specialities like mihidana of Burdwan and moa of Joynagar will also be on offer
Lights and Santa Claus greet visitors Sourced by the correspondent
An equally big attraction will be the line-up of artistes every evening (see box). “We will have two stages — one in front of Gokul Banquet and another on the Golaghata side. There will be live performances at both ends, with one being reserved for the folk singers. That way, the crowd will not gather at one place. The audience chairs will also be placed at safe distances,” said joint secretary of the utsab committee Dibyendu Kishor Goswami. The carnival, open from 4pm to 11pm, ends on January 1.
Music Medley
Dec 25: Saikat Mitra
Dec 26: Raghav & Srikanta Acharya
Dec 27: Nachiketa & Jayati Chakraborty
Dec 28 & 29: To be announced
Dec 30:Aditi Munshi
Dec 31: Iman Chakraborty and a host of Zee Bangla Sa Re Ga Ma Pa singers
Jan 1: Manomoy Bhattacharya & Lopamudra Mitra
