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The Republic Day angiosperm amusement astatine Lalbagh Botanical Garden, centred around celebrated Kannada writer and thinker K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi, attracted much than 8 lakh visitors and generated adjacent to ₹2.75 crore successful revenue, the State Horticulture Department said.
The angiosperm amusement was held from January 14 to January 26, arsenic portion of the Republic Day celebrations.
Last year’s Republic Day angiosperm amusement astatine Lalbagh, themed connected Adikavi Maharshi Valmiki, had recorded a full footfall of 4.75 lakh visitors and earned the Horticulture Department a gross of ₹2.3 crore.
A presumption of the Glass House astatine Lalbagh Botanical Garden successful Bengaluru, during the Republic Day Flower Show celebrations connected Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
On the last time of the angiosperm show, household members of Kuvempu and Tejaswi visited the angiosperm show.
This year, a bookstore was besides organised connected the premises, featuring 54 titles authored by Tejaswi. The stall recorded income of implicit 13,000 books during the exhibition, including 3,800 copies of Carvalho alone.
A full magnitude of ₹2.75 crore was collected during the event. Of this, implicit ₹2.46 crore was from introduction tickets, portion an further ₹28,50,000 was collected from stalls, stores and different sources connected the premises. The lawsuit saw a full footfall of 8,10,973 visitors, including 5,17,103 big visitors and 2,08,166 students.
Flower discarded to beryllium converted into manure
The floral displays this twelvemonth utilized astir 35 lakh flowers sourced from crossed the State and outside. Of these, astir 9 lakh flowers utilized for decoration volition beryllium converted into compost and integrated manure. The manure volition beryllium reused for cultivation wrong Lalbagh itself, reducing discarded and promoting eco-friendly practices, officials from the section said.
