Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- The second edition of the Chinar Book Festival was inaugurated on Saturday in Srinagar.

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, along with Dharmendra Pradhan, were present at the inauguration of the book festival.

Speaking to the mediapersons after the inauguration ceremony, Pradhan said, "Books are a great medium to advance an entire culture and civilisation. The National Book Trust and our department will together undertake many new experiments. Today, we have inaugurated the second edition of the Chinar Book Festival. In the coming days, efforts will be made to give it a permanent form."

"This is its second edition. Students are present here with great enthusiasm. Jammu and Kashmir is a very signifi...