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Tulip Garden opens for visitors in Kashmir
06 Apr 2015, 03:05 pm
Srinagar, Apr 6 (NITN): Asia's largest tulip garden on the banks of Dal Lake here was thrown open to visitors on Monday, marking the beginning of the new tourism season in the Valley.
The 15-hectare garden in the foothills of Zabarwan Range was officially opened to visitors by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed.
Exuding confidence that the tourist flow will increase this season, the Chief Minister said Kashmir is crime-free and as peaceful as any other State in the country.
“I am hopeful that there will be a huge tourist rush this season," he said.
Praising the administration for professionally handling the situation in the aftermath of incessant rains last week, Mufti Sayeed said public perception also affected tourist arrivals to the Valley.
“I am happy that flood threat is over and a large number of tourists are planning their visits,” said the Chief Minister.
Outlining the potential that floriculture offers as a tourist and commercial activity, the Chief Minister asked the Floriculture Department to revive propagation of tulip bulbs, which are presently imported from Holland.
Usually thrown open for locals and tourists in last week of March, the opening of the tulip garden was slightly delayed due to incessant rains that lashed Kashmir valley for most part of last week.
Mufti Sayeed went around the garden and walked various pathways intertwined with flowerbeds of tulips of all hues sprawling all over the Zabarwan foothill.
Spread over 30 hectares, nearly 1 million tulips of 53 different species adorn and add color to the tulip garden which is decked in between Cheshma Shahi and Botanical Garden on one side and the Dal Lake and Mughal Gardens on the other.
Formerly known as Siraj Bagh, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden was opened in 2008 by then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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