Famous Tulip Garden To Shut For Visitors Tomorrow

Famous Tulip Garden To Shut For Visitors Tomorrow

Press Trust of Kashmir | Srinagar :  3.5 lakh visitors visited garden since March 23, last year figure was 2.26 lakh, says Director Floriculture

The famous Tulip garden in Srinagar will shut for visitors on today as flowers have started to shrink in view of rise in temperatures.

Director Floriculture Farooq Ahmed Rather said that the department has decided to close the garden for visitors on April 18 as the tulip bloom has started to shrink in view of the rise in the temperatures.

This year we had opened the garden earlier than previous year. From March 23 to April 16, 3.5 lakh visitors including tourists and locals visited the garden,” he said.

The last year figure was only 2.26 lakh. “This year, the footfall was all time high, he said.

He thanked people and tourists for visiting garden in large numbers. He, however, urged tourists to explore the beauty of other gardens of Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir stating that the Valley was not all about Tulip garden only.:-PTK.