- Bhojpal fair expanded on the demand of visitors and traders, even cold could not stop visitors
- Swing and fish house becomes center of attraction for people
- Thousands of people arriving every day
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal/BHEL
The number of tourists in the Bhojpal fair organized at Dussehra ground is increasing day by day. More than 70 thousand people enjoyed the fair in the first three days of the New Year. However, even on Thursday, there was bitter cold throughout the day and cold waves and some rain in the evening could not dampen the enthusiasm of the people.
The specialty of the fair is keeping an eye on the security and law and order of the large number of visitors coming in.
For this, the fair committee has also created a control room. In which the entire system is being monitored through 100 CCTV cameras in the entire campus including the outside parking. By making continuous announcements through about 50 loudspeakers, children or people missing in the fair are being reunited with their families. Bhojpal Mahotsav Committee, which has been running at BHEL Dussehra ground for the last one month, has extended the period of Mahotsav till January 14 on the demand of traders and spectators. Earlier this fair was to conclude on January 7. Chairman of the committee Sunil Yadav said that this decision has been taken on the demand of the shopkeepers who came to the fair, swing operators, fish aquarium and operators who set up the setup from Moon to Chandrayaan. This will give the city residents a chance to roam around, shop and have entertainment for one more week. The attraction of the fair is the swings and food stalls, which are enjoyed the most by people with children. Every day a large number of people are reaching the fish house setup near the entrance of the fair with their children.
= The entire fair is under the eyes of security guards and police administration.
The fair committee has set up a control room to keep an eye on the security and law and order of the tourists visiting the fair. In which the entire system is monitored through more than 100 CCTV cameras installed in the campus. Special care is also being taken for cleanliness at the fair site. The fair area is completely covered. The police administration and the fair committee’s own 50 guards and members of the security committee are keeping a close watch on the fair. Because of this, the Bhojpal Fair has been organized peacefully and safely for the last 5 years. A 12 feet high statue of Raja Bhoj has been installed at the fair site. There are about 500 small and big stalls of various items set up in the fair. A 250 feet long welcome gate, a grand cultural stage of 60 by 40 and a traditional selfie zone have been built. About 5 thousand people have got temporary employment in the fair.
= Getting support from all these
Coordinator Vikas Veerani, General Secretary Harish Kumar Ram, Vice President Virendra Tiwari, Mahendra Namdev, Mohd. Zahid Khan, Deepak Bairagi, Devendra Choukse, Shailendra Singh Jat, Mohd. Rehan, Minister Chandan Verma, Vinay Singh, Akhilesh Nagar, Kesh Kumar Shah, Aftab Sidhki, Madhu Bhavnani, Deepak Sharma, Gopal Sharma, Joint Minister Sunil Vaishnav, Wahid Khan, Sandeep etc. committee members are providing their services here day and night.
= Considering the popularity of Bhojpal Fair, on the demand of tourists and businessmen, we have extended it by one week i.e. till 14th January instead of 07th. Special arrangements have been made for the security of the tourists coming to the fair. In the last 50 days, about 1.50 lakh tourists have enjoyed this fair.
– Sunil Yadav, President Bhojpal Fair Committee, Bhopal
= We have come from Itarsi for the first time to see the Bhojpal fair. I liked the fair very much. I liked the swing and the fish house very much. We have enjoyed the fair a lot with father, mother and younger brother.
– Rashi Patel, student, Itarsi.
