Tag: Bali Jatra

Cuttack: Historic annual Bali Jatra will be held from November 4  here as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday gave its conditional approval for the festival. The green body directed the Bali Jatra organisers to ensure that the festival is free from plastic. Besides, it asked to make arrangements for cleaning of garbage and […]

Cuttack: After increasing stall rentals for this year’s Bali Jatra, the district administration has now decided to make Aadhaar mandatory for setting up stalls during the festival. The decision to ensure compulsory ID proof submission during stall booking is aimed at eliminating multiple registrations by single vendor and illegal profiteering by selling the plots at […]

Cuttack: The historic annual Bali Jatra festival will start from November 4 and continue till November 11 this year. While the administration has begun preparation for the event, the stall rentals for traders have been increased by Rs 2 per square feet. After a visit to the festival ground, Cuttack Collector Sushant Mohapatra today informed […]

Cuttack: Hopes of cricket lovers in Odisha to enjoy a T-20 match at their home ground Barabati Stadium were dashed after Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) today expressed helplessness to organise the match scheduled for November 4. In a letter to BCCI, the State cricket body said the scheduled match between India and New Zealand is […]

Cuttack: With the historic ‘Bali Yatra’ festival in Cuttack just a week away, preparations came to a halt today after another dispute erupted between the traders’ association and district administration here. Reason, the association has shunned the plot allocation process for setting up stalls, alleging the administration of acting as per its whims and fancies. […]

Cuttack: With only 2 days to commence, the preparations for the Bali Yatra in Cuttack have entered the last leg. And this time the district administration is leaving no stone unturned to make Asia’s biggest open-air fair even much better. Around 1500 stalls have been set up by traders on 44 acres of land allotted […]