Chrysanthemum Show Begins in City

CHANDIGARH :The City Beautiful known as "City of Gardens” is witnessing the beautiful Chrysanthemum Show at Terraced Garden, Sector 33. The flower show was today inaugurated by Advisor to the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh,Pradip Mehra. The show would be open till December 12 and is being organized by the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
On the occasion, Mehra released a brochure dedicated to the show. He then went around the Garden alongwith Mayor, Anu Chatrath, Municipal Commissioner, Dr. Roshan Sunkaria, area councilor Rajesh Gupta, Brig. Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, XEN Hotriculture, Arun Kumar Kansal, organisar of the show and other councilors and officers of Corporation to see the various flowers exhibited there with different permutations and combinations. Mehra applauded the efforts of the officials of Municipal Corporation, especially the XEN Horticulture and his team. Advisor said that any city is not just known because of its shops, malls and departmental stores but is known for how good its infrastructure is and how the civic departments maintain it. He also distributed sweets to the underprivileged children on the occasion. He said that Chandigarh is world-wide known for its beautiful and magnificent gardens supplemented by green patches. The beautiful displays of the Chrysanthemum in the Show have helped Chandigarh in acquiring international fame. This is one of the best flower shows arranged by MCC and his team of Officers. The combination of multi coloured flora was beautifully used to create fauna which was clearly evident in the show. Gardeners and participants in the show have made camel, peacock, cow, giraffe, lion and many other animals and birds using flowers. Arun Kansal said that about 261 varieties of Chrysanthemum have been displayed in the show. The beautiful displays of the Chrysanthemum in the Show have helped Chandigarh in acquiring international fame. He said the show was a great success and with the help of such events Chandigarh has been able to come into the bracket of the top 'flower friendly' Indian cities. Chief Engineer, S.S. Bidda, , S.E. B&R, Mukesh Anand, S.E. Public Health R.K. Goyal and other councilors & senior officers of the Municipal Corporation were also present on the occasion. Earlier, a cultural programme was also organized by the students of Gurukul Global School, Panchkula.