Jam@Streets turns Jamshedpur into a huge canvas, overwhelming response from denizens 

Jamshedpur, Jan 29: Jam@Streets is becoming popular by the day and has become one of the best places to socialise and youngsters are loving it to the fullest.

The new edition of Jam@Streets held on the stretch at Sakchi near the old books store line saw the maximum number of people as compared to the last few months.

Loads of dancing, DJ selfie corners with celebrity cutouts and dummy cars, and Zumba attracted young boys and girls, and teenagers to the Sunday early morning program that started today at 5:30 am and concluded at 9 am with around  20,  000 people participating. Though the activities were similar to last month, this time there was more crowd.

Activities like Badminton, Basketball, Karate, Ground Chess,  Zumba, Yoga, Charcoal Painting, Face Painting, and Pottery Making

Tattoo, Music, Healthy Juices, Garam Chai, and mouth-watering breakfast items were lined up.

Dance, art, and sports is what has become hit corners at Jam@Streets now.  Jamshedpur based NGO had dancers who performed to generate awareness among the visitors. People clicked more than 1000 selfies with the mask on their face. A  training session was also arranged for passers by.

“It has become one of the best events in Jamshedpur. People meet, have fun, walk along the stretch and then enjoy delicious breakfast. Jam@Streets has become a Sunday well spent. Now we wait for this every month and we really enjoy it.

The ever increasing footfall says it all,” said Priyanka Rajput, a final year student of Jamshedpur Women’s College who have been a regular participant at Jam@Streets.

The art gallery also had five professional artists painting on spot that attracted many eye-balls. As compared to the last two Jam@Streets, the  gallery displayed more paintings and canvases for the passers by to see how an artist works on canvas. The Safe (Safety Awareness for Everyone) Club this time performed a nukkad natak on safety awareness for visitors in the morning event.

The young crowd participated in every sporting activity like volleyball, badminton, golf, boxing that came their way. They also helped children and youngsters paint temporary tattoos based on fashionable designs.

“Jam@Streets is regular now. It is in the city’s calender event which people wait for. The crowd is larger now and I guess if there are more people we will have to plan it wisely.

We try to introduce new activities every month,” said an official Jamshedpur Hoteliers Association, one of the organisors of Jam@Streets.