New Delhi: Lucknow, the city of culture, historic monuments and delicious food is set to hold two-day jaggery festival for the first time. The ‘Gur festival’ is expected to bring many outsiders/travellers from across the country.
Gur festival will showcase the benefits of jaggery and its related products. Progressive sugarcane farmers from every corner of the state will be invited and it is expected that many specialist producers of the agriculture and food processing sector will also visit the festival and share their knowledge.
The event was planned last year but got postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic. The sugar industry and sugarcane development department has already started gearing up for this huge event.
Yogi govt is going all out to publicise the Mahotsav to ensure that festival witnesses maximum participation and quality and range of jiggery is explored to full extent.
What will be showcased at jiggery festival
It will have stalls of Jaggery chocolates, sweets, candies, and kheer. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Sugarcane Research Institute have jointly prepared chocolate and other products from jaggery in different flavors.
This will benefit Ayodhya and towns adjacent to it but will also promote sugarcane farmers of Awadh, Purvanchal, and Lucknow. They may use sugarcane crops for diversified endeavour to make jaggery and increase their income.
According to experts, Gur has enormous health benefits. Along with its medicinal properties, Gur is a rich source of energy, and many nutrients including iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A and B are found in sufficient amounts. Malnutrition can also be eliminated by fortifying jaggery with vitamins according to the need.
Jaggery is ODOP product of Muzaffarnagar and Ayodhya
‘One District, One Product’ (ODOP) scheme is the ambitious plan of CM Yogi Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. While Gur being the ODOP of Muzaffarnagar and Ayodhya, the Gur Festival has already been organised Muzaffarnagar.
Muzaffarnagar has over a hundred range of jaggery processed products and these products will be displayed in the Gur Mahotsav. Farmers who will visit the event will be made aware of them. Also, the interested farmers will be given training in this regard later.