Book fair begins in New Town

Kolkata: The eighth edition of

New Town

book fair was inaugurated at the City Square ground adjacent to New Town clock tower on Friday. The fair will be open daily from 2pm to 9pm till February 6. KMC mayor and minister Firhad Hakim’s wife Ismat Hakim, Rajarhat New Town MLA

Tapas Chatterjee

, artist

Suvaprasanna

, poet

Subodh Sarkar

and Hidco MD and NKDA chairman Debashis Sen were present at the inauguration. New Town book fair committee secretary

Urmila Sen

said that around 100 book stalls were set up at the fair, apart from some commercial stalls. All Covid-safety measures were being followed, she added. The fair was initially supposed to be held from January 7 but was postponed due to the Covid case spike. The organisers said that the book fair, which started eight years ago in a modest way, had now gained much popularity and was gradually becoming the second biggest and popular book fair in the city. Earlier, it was organised at New Town fair ground but was shifted to the City Square ground this year due to the Covid situation.