Nearly, a lakh visitors flocked Lalbagh to get a glimpse of the resplendent National Flower Show on Sunday. With over 300 varieties of flowers on display, people wanted the capture the floral beauty onto the lens and the swanky mobile phones. The Ikebana and Indian Floral Art were the new additions along with the existing exhibitions at the Flower Show.
Visitors were enthralled with the show, Pradeep Sharma, call centre employee said that visiting the flower show was very rejuvenating. “I’m a Mumbaikar, employed with a call centre here in the city. This is my first visit to Lalbagh and the flower show is really beautiful. I’ve come with my friends and the Hampi Complex is well done and the Cacti House is good and one of its kind. I’ve spent the whole day here at Lalbagh visiting stalls and the exhibition” said Pradeep.
It was quality time for families as well. Azra Begum, housewife, said that the flower show was must visit for her family. She said, “The flower show has become a family affair for us now, as the children love the show. My husband, my three children and I ensure that that we visit the show every year as its splendid and we get to spend quality time in Lalbagh”.
With the enormous crowd that was housed at Lalbagh the premises were equally littered. Vendors selling eatables thronged the place as people snacked on and the end of the day, the garbage seemed to be littered all over the place. Talking about the mess, Dr SK Ramakrishnappa, Director for Horticulture said, “With the huge number of visitors flocking the place we did expect that the place would be littered. We have employed an additional of 70 cleaning staff to combat the mess in the premises and to ensure that Lalbagh would be clean throughout the flower show.”
