{"id":55824,"date":"2026-01-09T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=55824"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:34:12","slug":"three-day-chilika-bird-festival-and-boat-race-concludes-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2026\/01\/09\/three-day-chilika-bird-festival-and-boat-race-concludes-successfully\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Day Chilika Bird Festival and Boat Race Concludes Successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bhubaneswar, 9\/1\/2026 ( Odisha Samachar\/ Rajat Mohapatra )-The three-day Chilika Bird Festival and Boat Racing Competition, held at Mangaljodi and Barkul, Chilika, concluded successfully, marking a new direction for tourism promotion in Odisha through boat racing and photography competitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55825 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-1-1-300x156.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-1-1-300x156.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-1-1.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The valedictory ceremony was graced by Mr Prithviraj Harichandan,\u00a0 Hon\u2019ble Minister for Law, Works and Excise department, as the Chief Guest. Addressing the gathering, the Minister said that Chilika Lake is one of the world\u2019s most important tourism destinations and emphasised that initiatives like boat racing are essential for its further promotion. He stated that approximately \u20b9200 crore will be spent over the next three years to develop fisheries resources, waterways, transport facilities, fish jetties and tourism infrastructure in the Chilika region. He expressed confidence that such initiatives would play a vital role in attracting lakhs of tourists to Chilika every day in the coming years. The Minister appreciated the Tourism Department for proactively organising the boat race and described it as a commendable initiative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55826 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-2-1-300x155.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-2-1-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-2-1.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The boat racing competition held at Chilika Lake witnessed intense competition among different fishermen. Panidwar PFSC, Chilika\u00a0 secured the first position, followed by Maa Domani Devi PFCS 2, which secured second place, while Bindhyagiri PFCS, khordha secured the third position.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55827 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-3-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-3-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-3-1.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the 6th National Chilika Bird Festival, a photography competition was organised, in which 80 photographers submitted 400 photographs. Out of these, 35 photographs were selected for exhibition at Mangalajodi. In the Amateur category, Prabir Kumar Das secured first position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55828 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-4-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-4-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-4-1.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Amongst the noted dignitaries, Saroj Kumar Swain, Additional Secretary, Tourism Department, Amlan Nayak, DFO, Chilika, and Aditional SP, Khordha were also present on the occasion. Other dignitaries present included P.K. Das, Retired IRS Officer,\u00a0 Jyoshna Behera, Chilika Block Chairperson, Amarendra Ramsingh, Chairperson, Banapur Block, Arun Pattnaik, Vice-Chairperson, along with other senior officers from concerned departments.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55829 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-5-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-5-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C-5-1.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar, 9\/1\/2026 ( Odisha Samachar\/ Rajat Mohapatra )-The three-day Chilika Bird Festival and Boat Racing Competition, held at Mangaljodi and Barkul, Chilika, concluded successfully, marking a new direction for tourism promotion in Odisha through boat racing and photography competitions. The valedictory ceremony was graced by Mr Prithviraj Harichandan,\u00a0 Hon\u2019ble Minister for Law, Works and Excise &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55830,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55824\/revisions\/55830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}