The four-day Navy Mela-2011 was inaugurated by Flag officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command Anil Chopra at the INS Sathavahana ground here on Thursday.
Soon after the inauguration of the mela, he went around the stalls set up by the defence establishments and interacted with the employees manning the stalls. The Vice Admiral also went around the stalls set up by the Navy Wives Welfare Association (NWWA). The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief visited stalls set up by the Naval Dockyard, Naval Armaments Depot and the Submarine Maintenance Department and lauded the employees for displaying the missiles, submarine operations in a water tank, warhead missiles, machine guns, SSM flight trajectory and Mathsya dry dock model and LST working models of warships and helicopters.
More than 100 private stalls were set up by MNCs, financial institutions, IT firms, electronic and consumer goods promoters and real estate agencies.
Earlier, children from Navy schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Nausena Bagh, and NWWA Kendra presented colourful cultural programmes. Three major ships of the Eastern Naval Fleet will be open to the general public on November 19 and 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Due to security reasons the general public visiting the ships will not be allowed to carry handbags, cameras, tape recorders or camera phones and any other electronic goods. The entry to ships will be from Pallava Gate which is located near the pipeline junction near INS Sathavahana.
The ‘Navy Mela' will draw to a close on November 20.
