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| Bhor Camp garden attracts large crowds; Tulip Garden looses its sheen | | | Vikas Sharma
Jammu | May 7
The flori-marvel and the Jammu Region’s largest flower garden at the Bhour Camp, which was inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Gulam Nabi Azad has been attracting large number of visitors while the much hyped Asia’s largest Tulip garden in Kashmir, inaugurated by the UPA Chairman, Sonia Gandhi just two days before the Jammu’s flower garden has lost its sheen within just few weeks after throwing it open to tourists and other visitors.
According to floriculture department sources, the Asia’s largest tulip garden, in Srinagar has lost its glory, within one week after its inauguration, as the most of the flowers in the garden has stopped blooming.
“Both these projects were conceived and designed by the Chief Minister who himself being an expert in the floriculture proved himself as a successful botanist and floriculturist. But due to the non-serious work culture of the employees of Floriculture department, Srinagar the famous Tulip Garden has lost its glory leaving authorities with no other option but to close down the garden for the tourists, including the domestic as well as the foreign the sources said.
While giving details the Director, Floriculture, KK Sharma told Early Times that the flower garden in Jammu, brain child of the CM, is spread on 563 kanals of land, of which 200 kanals have been already used in first phase. The work on phase second including the children’s park is at advanced stage and is likely to be completed soon.
Nearly five lakh flowers of 25 different varieties are in fully bloom presenting a spectacular scene. Nearly 3000 people including the tourists visit the garden daily presenting eye-catching scenery for the visitors.
The Director further said that in view of the great demand of flowers the farmers are being encouraged to go in for flower cultivation as it fetches handsome dividends thus supplement their income. He said in view of heavy demand, large quantity of flowers is being imported from different parts of the country for daily use in the city of temples.
Expressing his optimism that with the successful experiment of growing variety of seeds in the garden, Sharma said the department would be self sufficient in seed production in the coming days which could be supplemented to the farmers free of cost. |
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