Fireworks light up Tank Bund
The Hindu
Sunday Funday sees road jam-packed with crowd
The Tank Bund was bursting at its seams on Sunday evening as the road was jam-packed with crowd for the weekly fun and frolic sponsored by the government.
There was hardly any space for movement as people milled the road until the police started asking them to leave around 9 p.m. Cars and two-wheelers of early entrants on the road were parked on either side of the road with crowds enjoying their favourite cuisine at specially-erected stalls while going up and down.
The cultural troupes performed various forms of folk art. There was also a team carrying Bonalu. The SHE teams of police created awareness on women’s safety. The band companies of police and Railway Protection Force were a special attraction.
Amidst demand by the BJP for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged unauthorised transfer of funds belonging to the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation (MVSTDC), Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Friday said that the State government will not hand over the investigation to the CBI “voluntarily.”