Alipurduar Times - News From Alipurduar District

Alipurduar, Jan. 12:  Mithun Chakraborty will be present at the inauguration of the Dooars festival to be held here from January 24 to February 2, Alipurduar civic chief Dipto Chatterjee said today. Chatterjee, who is also the general secretary of the organising committee, said: “We will have three stages on the Alipurduar parade grounds for Dooars Utsav. One will be the main podium, one for children’s programmes and the other stage will be exclusively for tribal performers.” Chatterjee added that the district magistrate of Jalpaiguri Smaraki Mahapatra will inaugurate the festival. “We have written to the backward classes and tourism departments to provide funds for the event,” he said. According to the civic chief, singer Babul Supriyo, Tanusree Shankar’s dance troupe and Bangladeshi drama group Rupban will also perform at the fest. “On the last day we will have singer Abhijeet and there will be a laser show for the first time in the region,” Chatterjee said. via Telegraphindia