Malkangiri, 3/12/25: Under the direction of District Governor Somesh Kumar Upadhyay, a poetry conference will be organized at the Maliwant festival this year. For this, a preparatory meeting has been held today at the FLC hall of the District Collector’s office under the chairmanship of Additional District Collector Rajsab Vedbar Pradhan. Saraswat Sadhaks of the district have been invited to participate in it. According to the decision of the meeting, the aspiring poet will register his name at the district information and public relations office by December 8. The program will begin on December 10 at Kult Bhawan at 2 pm. In this meeting, DPMU Deputy Director Golak Dallei presented the details. Among others, committee members District Information and Public Relations Officer Pramila Majhi, District Culture Officer Santhras Narayan Panda, Prakash Patnaik, Ratnakar Das, Girls Higher Secondary School Chairperson Dusmantha Jena and Duryadhan Hantal were present and gave their views. Similarly, discussions have been held with media representatives and committee members under the chairmanship of Additional District Collector Rajsab to promote the Malyavant festival this year. A chariot will tour the entire district to promote the festival. It has been decided in the meeting that the health and agriculture department will cooperate in this. Similarly, a decision has been taken in the meeting to hold a photography and videography competition. The Additional District Collector wanted everyone’s cooperation to spread the festival far and wide. Health Program Manager Dr. Mausumi Mishra, Assistant Manager Quality Shin Dev Goud, Ashish Dora from Agriculture Department and all the media representatives were present. District Information and Public Relations Officer, Malkangiri