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Created: 03 February 2020

JAMMU: To Provide a platform to artisans and to showcase local straw craft of Jammu region, Mukti Society, a Jammu based NGO is participating in the 34th International Surajkund Mela at Faridabad, Haryana. 

This fortnight long International  event  started in 1st week of  February   is being organized by  Surajkund Mela Authority & Haryana Tourism in collaboration with Union Ministries of Tourism, Textiles, Culture and External Affairs. At least 20 countries & all the states of India are  participating in the Mela. The event is being inaugurated by President  of India, Ram Nath Kovind in presence of  Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya , Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur. 

Mukti Society, the volunteer organization that is working for empowerment of women folk  with special focus on rural areas have also put on display in its stall, the hand made Straw Craft products like slippers (Chappal), Binna from grass, Kambal (Blankets), Pattu’s,  Basohli Paintings and other Bamboo products in the mela.

Giving further details about the event, Nidhi Sharma, founder and Chairperson of Mukti Soceity also informed that female artisans from Kishtwar and Basohli are part of the contingent of their organization that are representing Jammu in this international event. She also said that there is lot of  curiosity and eagerness  amongst all the visitors  in the straw craft products of rural areas of Jammu which is 1st time depicted in such an event of this level. It is pertinent to mention here that arrangements for live demonstration of making these straw products is also made available by the NGO in its stall.