The fair, which would continue till August 24, is the third in a series of six such fairs during this year.

“Two such fairs were held at the Eastern Zonal CulturalCentre (EZCC) and the rest four would also be held there,” said Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles Minister Manabendra Mukherjee.

The fair would be held to promote cane, bamboo and wood crafts in the state and is named as “Bengal Cane,Bamboo and Wood Crafts Fair”, said the minister. The first fair was organised in April and covered all major handicrafts products of the state. Nearly 80 artisans from different districts had participated in the fair.

Total sale in the fair was Rs 22.04 lakh, while the artisans got contracts for bulk purchases and exports, he said.

The second fair — ‘Bengal Terracotta Fair’— was organised from May 31 to June 15 for display and sale of terracotta products.

Nearly 70 terracotta artisans had participated in the fair, which saw the total sale of Rs 24.24 lakh. Two workshops on ‘Design Development’ and ‘Export Awareness’ were also organised for the artisans in that fair.