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National Street Food Festival begins in Delhi (see pics)

New Delhi: As many as 400 street food vendors from 19 states offered a wide range of options like chole bhature, spring rolls, fish pakora and kebabs to thousands of foodies of the capital on




The three-day fest, organised by National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), is being held at the capital's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

"The first two editions that happened in Delhi earlier were on smaller scale. We wanted to see whether it will be economically viable or not. We were just testing. Last year, there were around 150 participants from eight or nine states. This time 127 stalls have been given to 400
vendors from 19 states,” NASVI's national coordinator Arbind Singh told IANS.

He is expecting around 5,000 people to turn up and taste various flavours of Indian states on each day.