Patna, (Bihar Times): The 25-day long Harihar Kshetar Mela at Sonepur in Saran district started on Kartik Purnima day on Saturday. Asia’s largest cattle fair was inaugurated on Saturday evening by the revenue and land reforms minister, Ramnath Thakur while the minister of sports and culture, Janardhan Prasad Sigriwal, was the chief guest. Several other ministers of the Nitish cabinet were also present on the occasion.

Though the fair was inaugurated on the day Nitish Kumar government completed two years in office and ministers present at the inaugural function made tall claims there was unprecedented water and power scarcity there. However, Thakur assured the gathering that the biggest fair of the continent would soon be developed into an national fair.

Among lakhs of visitors were 25 from France, Poland, Japan and several other countries. Inter alia two dozen elephants, hundreds of horses, cattle, birds etc are the prize attraction of the fair.

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