Preparations for Kashmir's tulip festival underway in full swing
March 07, 2021 16:47
Preparations are in full swing for the tulip festival which is to be conducted in the last week of March by Jammu and Kashmir's floriculture department.
Considered Asia's largest tulip garden, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Kashmir is located in the foothills of the Zabarwan hills range and attract thousands of tourists from different parts of the world every year.
Last year in the month of March when the department of floriculture fully prepared the garden to welcome visitors, the government announced a lockdown in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kashmir tourism was affected due to the pandemic induced lockdown. The government officials are fully hopeful now that at the end of March when the garden will be opened for visitors, the Tulip festival will give a new look to the garden, a visual treat to the visitors.
The gardeners and labourers are very busy at work with some installing a green net, some repairing lights at the festival, some spraying fertilisers while others are cleaning water channels.
The floriculture department officials said that they have increased the quantities and varieties of tulip bulbs in this year's festival.
-- ANI
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