Bhubaneswar: The second edition of .Fest, the city festival of Bhubaneswar, will kick off tomorrow and will continue till January 29 at the IDCO Exhibition Ground here.
The city festival being organized simultaneously with Hockey World Cup will mesmerize the residents of Bhubaneswar and the hockey lovers visiting the capital city.
As a mirror for the visitors from all across the globe, .FEST will put on display the grandeur of food, entertainment, stories and trails that composes Bhubaneswar.
In order to smooth conduct of the festival, 15 platoons of police will be deployed in the city, stated DCP Prateek Singh.
Two Additional DCPs, six ACPs and 51 IICs will be engaged. The entire area will be under the CCTV surveillance.
Arrangements have been make for sitting of as many as 7,000 people at the venue where cultural progammes will be organised.
The FEST Bhubaneswar 2023 will see live performances of several popular Bollywood stars.
The first edition of .FEST was held in 2018 and it was a grand success.