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53rd Rose Festival wind up with Sham-e-Ghazal & Hasya Kavi Samalen
Chief Secretary Chandigarh Rajeev Verma gave away prizes to the winners
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, February 23, 2025: Cultural functions, performan,ces and competitions marked the conclusion of the 53rd edition of the three-day Chandigarh Rose Festival at Rose Garden, sector 16, Chandigarh with the Chief Secretary, UT, Chandigarh Rajeev Verma, IAS distributing prizes to the winners of different competitions held during a three-day mega event organized by the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
City Mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla, MC Commissioner Amit Kumar, IAS, Area Councillor Sh. Saurabh Joshi, Chief Engineer Sh. Sanjay Arora and other senior officers and councilors were also present during the prize distribution ceremony.
The Chief Secretary was the Chief Guest on the occasion and distributed prizes to winners of various competitions, participants of cultural events, band parties as well as gardeners and workers who contributed a lot to make this mega event very successful.
He lauded the efforts of all the team of officers under the able guidance of MC Commissioner Sh. Amit Kumar, IAS to make the Rose festival success without incurring any expenditure from the Corporation coffers.
He appreciated the efforts to make this event ‘Zero Budget and Zero Waste’ by way of getting sponsorship for each and every event organized during the three day festival.
On the third day a Musical Evening namely “Sham-e-Ghazal” has been organized by the Municipal Corporation in Rose Garden in association with Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademy during which Ghazal Maestro Sh. Atul Dubey and punjabi folk songs by Ms. Sunita Dua Sehgal enthralled audience by various melodious numbers.
Poetry, humour and satire had a free reign at ‘Hasya Kavi Sammelan’ organized by Ibarat Lekhak Kala Manch, Chandigarh during which city based famous Poet Naveen Neer and group enthralled audience and took the stage amid a robust round of applause.
During the day function various competition were held including on the spot painting competition. Sh. Ajay Chagti, IAS, Secretary Health, UT, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest during the event.
The results of the on the spot painting are as under:
Group ‘A’ (Age 5-8 Years)
1st Prize : Avleen Kaur
2nd Prize : Tanveer Singh
3rd Prize : Radhika Mishra
Group ‘B’ (Age 8-11 Years)
1st Prize : Kushi
2nd Prize : Vanshika
3rd Prize : Harjap Singh
Group ‘C’ (Age 11-14 Years)
1st Prize : Bhavini
2nd Prize : Sukhman Kaur
3rd Prize : Ansh
Group ‘D’ (Age 14-17 Years)
1st Prize : Saloni Kapoor
2nd Prize : Ojasvi Aggarwal
3rd Prize : Annvi
Group ‘E’ (Age No bar for differenrly able Children)
1st Prize : Manshi
2nd Prize : Vansh Mann
3rd Prize : Jiya Chaubey
Group ‘F'
1st Prize : Sanskriti Aggarwal
2nd Prize : Vinay Sharma
3rd Prize : Pal Preet Singh
Another major attraction was the *Antkashri competition* in which various children participated. Sh. Diprava Lakra, IAS, Finance Secretary, UT, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest during the event. There were four groups in the final round and the results are as under:
1st Bhumika & Satnom Singh, Govt. College of Education, Sector 20 D, Chandigarh
2nd Nipun Singh & Sanskar Sharma, Chandigarh College of Engineering, Sector 26, Chandigarh
3rd Pragati Kaushal & Aradhana Sharma, National Institute of Nursing Education PGIMER, Chandigarh.