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The 49th Yercaud Summer Festival and Flower Show began astatine Anna Park successful Yercaud present connected Friday (May 22). District Collector K. Elambahavath inaugurated the seven-day festival successful the beingness of Yercaud MLA P. Usharani, Salem West MLA G. Lakshmanan and Veerapandi MLA M. Rajasekar.
Organised annually to beforehand tourism successful the elevation station, the festival volition proceed till May 28 with floral displays, taste programmes, amusement events and sports competitions. This year’s angiosperm amusement has been designed astir the taxable of protecting agriculture and feeding the world. The horticulture section has created floral installations depicting integrated farming, including a husbandman ploughing utilizing bulls; cows with calves; goats, hens; rabbits; ducks; bees; and a farmhouse utilizing 90,000 roses.
Among the large attractions are a teddy carnivore made with 45,000 roses, fairy and Bharatanatyam dancer figures, and cartoon characters Pluto and Goofy created utilizing roses. Floral models of a treble heart, crescent moon, winged bosom and cervid person besides been arranged.
In total, implicit 2.07 lakh flowers of assorted colours person been utilized for the displays. Over 30,000 ornamental flowering plants, including dahlias, zinnias, salvias and chrysanthemums, person been exhibited astatine the park.
Exhibition stalls by assorted authorities departments and nutrient stalls person besides been arranged for visitors. Officials said astir 1.16 lakh tourists visited the angiosperm amusement past twelvemonth and astir 1.5 lakh visitors are expected this year. The District Collector has asked radical to sojourn the amusement successful ample numbers.
District Revenue Officer R. Ravikumar, Project Director of the District Rural Development Agency Vani Eswari, Salem Revenue Divisional Officer K. Udhayakumar, Joint Director of Agriculture K. Srinivasan, Deputy Director of Horticulture K. Manjula and different officials were present.
