Weather plays spoilsport at Mati ke Rang

CHANDIGARH: The first day of ongoing cultural event "Mati ke Rang" at parade ground, Sector 5, Panchkula, got a lukewarm response because of the bad weather and rainfall. People came from different states to put up their stalls with their famous dishes but because the sitting arrangements were in open, people could not enjoy the food. The rain destroyed almost all the sitting arrangements made for people."Today was the first day and everything was going fine, people were coming and enjoying Gujarati food, but towards late afternoon it started raining and everybody scattered to find shelter," said Nayan Patel from Gujarat.
The traders who had come from different states had to go through many problems as a lot of the stuff they were selling, including spices, got spoiled because of the rain. "People of Chandigarh were enjoying Rajasthani food and we were getting good response. A lot of them had especially come to taste dal bati churma, a famous dish of Rajasthan, but rain spoiled it all and it turned out to be a flop show" said Goverdhan from Udaipur, Rajasthan.
"The entire event was beautiful and worth watching, but my favourite section was the food court. There was a huge variety of food items of different states at reasonable prices. There were few stalls where I could not go because it started raining and we had to go and find a shelter" said Priya Chauhan, a resident of Sector 15, Chandigarh.