Shimla: The Songs & Drama Unit of State Information & Public Relations department organised a folk media workshop for the folk troupes empanelled with the department at Shimla, today. These cultural troupes will publicise the important decisions and policies of the State government in different parts of the State as a part of special publicity campaign on the completion of one year of the government.

A Spokesperson of the department disclosed here that the publicity campaign is being launched with a view to publicise the important decisions and programmes of the State government up to the grass root level so that common people could take maximum benefits of these. As many as 200 artists will highlight the major decisions and programmes of the government by mode of folk music and street plays etc.

Besides the artists of the folk troupes, the artists of all the four song and drama units of the department also participated in the workshop.