Varanasi, March 2 -- The 11-day regional (national level) Saras Mela concluded with great fanfare on Monday at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Women''s groups from various states and districts of Uttar Pradesh generated business worth approximately Rs 1 crore at this fair. The fair featured decorative items, food offerings, brass items, pickles, leather goods, artificial jewelry, kurtis, bedsheets, carpets, jute products, and jute products.

Addressing the women from the groups at the fair, Maurya urged for more women to join the group. He called for the inclusion of 10 million women in the state in the Lakhpati Mahila Club and making them millionaires. He announced the organi...