HYDERABAD: The 81st annual exhibition, Numaish, is likely to kick off on January 1, 2022, at Exhibition Grounds in Nampally. The management of Numaish did not organise the exhibition due to Covid-19 pandemic in 2021.
Despite the worries over Omicron, All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE) Society is gearing up to hold Numaish. The AIIE Society has already completed the process of inviting applications from traders from all over the country and is now scrutinising them to allot the stalls.
“We received a tremendous response from traders. We are planning to allot 2,500 stalls in the ensuing exhibition. This year, the AIIE Society has come up with the motto of encouraging new start-ups and young entrepreneurs during the 45-day long Numaish,” AIIE Society vice-president Prabha Shankar told TOI. Traders from Afghanistan, Iran and Thailand will also exhibit their products.
On concerns over Omicron, Shankar said: “We are committed to following SOPs issued by the government. We followed them even during the 20-day mini Numaish in October. The allotment of stalls will start this week and we plan to open the exhibition, as per the schedule, on January 1.”
The exhibition society has urged the fire services and police departments to issue the mandatory NOC to go ahead with Numaish.
