Finance Minister Rameshwor Khanal will inaugurate the festival at 2 pm at Pashupati Tole in Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City-1.
What you should know
The Far West Festival is starting today in Dhangadhi with the main slogan 'Tourism, Culture, Industry and Trade - The Basis of a Prosperous Far West'.
Finance Minister Rameshwor Khanal will inaugurate the festival at 2 pm in Pashupati Tole, Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City-1. The organizer, Kailali Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has stated that all preparations for the festival have been completed.
Similarly, it is reported that the Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province, Kamal Bahadur Shah, Senior Deputy Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, Dr. Neelam Dhungana Timsina, and President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Chandra Dhakal will be present as special guests at the festival's inaugural session.
A morning procession will be organized in Dhangadhi at 11 am on Monday before the festival's inauguration, said Pushkar Raj Ojha, President of the Kailali Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The association estimates that more than 20 million rupees will be spent on the festival, which will run for 10 days. Similarly, President Ojha estimated that a turnover of 150 million rupees will be generated during the festival.
Entry to the festival is free for association members, disabled, elderly and differently-abled people, and 50 percent discount has been arranged for athletes and students.
The festival will feature 550 stalls including agriculture, herbs, handicrafts, furniture, automobiles, garments, electronics, hotels and information technology, said Prakash Chand, secretary of the Kailali Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Chand informed that the main attraction of the fun fair for the visitors to the festival will be the mermaid brought from the Philippines. According to Chand, local products and women entrepreneurs have been encouraged in the 19th edition of the Sudurpaschim Festival.
It is estimated that more than 500,000 visitors will come to the festival this time.
