If you are looking to do something new on Sundays, you can soon head to Nalban to shop and eat, while strolling along the beautiful bheri.
Come July and the State Fisheries Development Corporation (SFDC) would be throwing open a kind of a Sunday haat. “Haat boshechhe
Rabibare Nalbaner joler dharey,” is what managing director of SFDC Soumyajit Das calls it. “We want to create an ambience for people to come and enjoy themselves in. The opening is tentatively slated for the first weekend of July,” he adds.
The haat would happen from 4pm to 7pm at the “Bhuri Bhoj Maath”. This is the field beside the paid parking lot run by SFDC near the Nalban food park. It is roughly opposite the McDonald’s restaurant in Sector V.
The haat will have shops, stalls and restaurants, some of which are up and a few that will come up soon. The Haringhata shop sells poultry and meat products; Machhli Baba sells fish; Sufal Bangla, a government-run initiative, would sell vegetables, fruits and organic rice and spices. Restaurants like Murighonto and Kaviar have opened to serve foodies too.
“We shall shortly open Mishti Bangla too,” said Das. “This shop will stock — not just rosogolla and sandesh but also — renowned delicacies from across the state. There will be Burdwan’s Sitabhog, Saktigarh’s Lyangcha, Krishnanagar’s Shorbhaja and Shorpuria and Ranaghat’s Pantua.”
They are also getting self-help groups to come and sell handicraft items and talks are on to get some bauls to perform too. “That would set the mood and we are confident that it will have takers,” said Das.
Regulars to Sector V are upbeat. “Nalban Food Park is near the bus stand where I board my bus from. I’ve been buying meat products from the Haringhata stall there for two months now and a haat will add many more options,” said Debabrata Shome, a Sector V employee.
