Mahila Udyog Mela gets underway

The three-day Mahila Udyog Mela organised by the Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh got underway here on Friday. Over 60 stalls have been set up at the fair organized at Lala Lajpat Rai Hall.

Women entrepreneurs from Bihar and some other states have set up their stall at the fair. Paintings and handicraft items are the main attraction of this fair. Arrangements have also been made for food lovers with dedicated stalls providing varieties of local delicacies.

Sangh president Pushpa Chopra threw light on the hardships being faced by women entrepreneurs in Bihar and urged the state government to take steps for ameliorating their condition.

Principal secretary, tourism, Rashmi Verma, who inaugurated the fair, said that the tourism department would try to provide stalls at places of tourist importance to the women entrepreneurs using which they could sell their products to the tourists visiting the state.link