3-day Gandhi Jayanti fair concludes

A three-day Gandhi Jayanti Mela organised by Municipal Corporation of Delhi at Pragati Maidan to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi concluded on Sunday, reports HT Correspondent.

A three-day Gandhi Jayanti Mela (fair) organised by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at Pragati Maidan to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi concluded on Sunday.

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Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit attended the function, which had a Kathak performance by Uma Sharma. Singer Shubha Mudgal and Daler Mehendi had performed on the previous two days.

Dikshit urged the MCD to organise the fair on a bigger scale next year when a lot of tourists would be in the city for the Commonwealth Games.

“It would be a great opportunity to show case Gandhiji's values,” she said.

The MCD used this opportunity showcase its new projects to the public. It included Commonwealth Games related projects, G2C kiosks — MCD Aapke Dwar — and door-to-door collection of garbage among other things.