Capital sees tulips in full bloom
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has planted around 1 lakh tulips in its parks across the Capital, an addition to more than 4 lakh tulips of different hues planted by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in Lutyens’ Delhi, said official sources.
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Five lakh tulip bulbs were procured this year, and the DDA took 1 lakh of these for planting in different parks. (Credit: Swasti) Pachauri)Tulips at Baansera along the Yamuna. For the first time this year, the flowers have been planted in areas other than Lutyens’ Delhi. Following the directions of Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, areas such as Rohini, Dwarka, ISBT Kashmere Gate, Karampura-Rohtak Road, Shalimar Bagh, Mehrauli, Greater Kailash I, and Vasant Vihar among others are seeing tulips in full bloom.
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has planted around 1 lakh tulips in its parks across the Capital, an addition to more than 4 lakh tulips of different hues planted by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in Lutyens’ Delhi, said official sources.
The L-G, who had promised to make Delhi the “city of flowers” just after taking the oath, has been beautifying, restoring, and aesthetically upgrading areas in Delhi as well as New Delhi. During a December 26, 2023, meeting of horticulture departments under the different civic bodies, Saxena had ordered that tulips and other ornamental flowers be also planted in areas falling under the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and DDA among others.
The NDMC usually imports the spring-blooming flower during winter every year and plants them in different places. The council had imported over 1 lakh tulip bulbs in 2022 and 65,000 in 2021. Five lakh tulip bulbs were procured this year, and the DDA took 1 lakh of these for planting in different parks. Around 9,000 tulip bulbs have been planted in Asita East, Mehrauli Archaeological Park and Rohini’s Swarn Jayanti Park, Baansera (40,000), Sanjay Lake and Vasudev Ghat (5,000), and Vasant Udhyan and DDA park opposite LSR College (6,000) among other areas.
Also, for cost cutting and encouraging local farms, Saxena has given directions to procure flower bulbs from the local growers of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, rather than from abroad. The NDMC on November 15, 2023, had established a Tulip Growth Cum Storage Chamber at Lodhi Garden, comprising a cold storage, which can house 50,000 fresh bulbs — controlled in temperatures between two and 20 degrees Celsius.
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