BOLPUR:
Visva-Bharati University formally announced on Saturday the cancellation of this year’s
Pous Mela, the fair on the
university grounds that is extremely popular among locals as well as visitors to the university town.
The university will, however, go ahead with
Pous Utsav, which marks the foundation of Visva-Bharati by Rabindranath Tagore a century ago. The PM, who is the chancellor of the university, has been invited to virtually attend the ceremony along with
West Bengal’s governor and chief minister.
The university court had in an online meeting on November 10 decided not to organise this year’s Pous Mela due to the pandemic but had agreed to hold the traditional Pous Utsav with Covid protocols in place.