Bhubaneswar, Oct. 16 -- Cuttack is gearing up to welcome Goddess Durga this Dussehra with great enthusiasm like every year. Puja committees across the city are putting the finishing touches to decorations, ornamental gates and lighting.

The city's famed silver medhas and gold jewellery remain a major attraction, 37 puja committees are now part of the Chandi Medha Club.

This year, Sahebzada Bazaar Puja Committee has joined the club for the first time. The committee is planning for a medha made using around two quintals of silver. The estimated value of gold and silver medhas across Cuttack has crossed Rs 100 crore, and the figure is expected to rise further.

Cuttack's silver medha tradition began in 1956, when Chaudhury Bazaar Puja Comm...