Over 15 lakh flowers will bloom at Srinagar’s Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, which will be thrown open on March 20.
Sheikh Fayaz, commissioner and secretary of the floriculture department, said that because of the comparatively better weather this season, the tulip garden will be thrown open earlier than usual.
Extra plants like daffodils, hyacinths, narcissus, and other ornamental plants are planted to ornate the area.
The department is also going to organise a tulip festival at Tulip Garden in collaboration with the Tourism Department to attract tourists.
A senior official from the department was talking to Rising Kashmir and said that all the preparations have been put in place to provide hassle-free movement for tourists. We are expecting more tourists this year as compared to previous years given the decline in COVID-19 cases.
He said the visitors will be asked to follow the COVID-19 Appropriate Behavior (CAB) religiously. Apart from the Covid-19 testing facilities, sanitisers will also be put in place at the entry point.
If the weather remained pleasant, the flowers would bloom soon, and if the weather persisted cloudily, it would be a bit late in opening the garden, he maintained.
He continued last year despite the COVID-19 second wave. 2.25 lakh tourists, including local visitors, visited the tulip garden to enjoy the natural beauty.
This year we are expecting a huge number of tourists as COVID-19 has declined and normal life has been returned to the track.
“The last two years have remained stressful for people throughout the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People should come to this tulip garden to enjoy the beauty and to relax.
The garden is built on sloping ground in a terraced fashion, consisting of seven terraces. Apart from tulips, many other species of flowers like hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus have been added as well. More green spaces are included in the garden area, keeping in mind the comforts of the tourists.
The department will also build another tulip garden in Sonamarg, while a rose garden will be built in Pahalgam, according to the official.
He claimed that 100 kanals of land in Sonamarg had been earmarked for a tulip garden.
In addition to maintaining existing gardens, the department plans to build new
The department is now in charge of parks with more than 10 canals of land, while the municipality is in charge of the smaller parks. “
The department has taken over parks including Iqbal Park and Badamwari Garden, which were previously managed by J&K Bank.”
