The Siliguri police commissionerate is
all set to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel prize laureate
Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore on Friday, May 9. Siliguri deputy
commissioner of police (head quarter) OG Paul said a cultural programme
has been organised at the Siliguri town hall on the occasion of Rabindra
Jayanti. Local artistes will participate in the event that is scheduled
to be held from 6pm to 9pm, she added.
Several government-run organisations and
NGOs also have plans to organise similar events at various wards under
the Siliguri Municipal Corporation. Tagore’s statue at the Baghajatin
Park ground has been cleaned thoroughly for the upcoming celebrations.(EOIC)