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Indian Botanic Garden will remain closed to all visitors, including morning walkers, indefinitely from May 10 because of the surge in Covid cases, the garden authorities said.
The decision was taken on Friday by the Botanical Survey of India director, A.A. Mao.
Visitors to the garden had dwindled during the normal hours, between 9am and 5pm, because of the pandemic but morning walkers continued to throng the garden from 5.30am to 7.30am.
“The security guards were getting exposed to the virus. So we decided to close it,” said a senior scientist at the garden.
The garden authorities had issued 5,000 passes to morning walkers. On any given day, around 3,000 walkers would visit the garden.
Roses wilt under fungal or viral attack Nurseries in the Kharagpur belt in West Midnapore are particularly affected with reported losses of crores of rupees
A fungal or viral attack is ravaging rose plants across the state. Nurseries in the Kharagpur belt in West Midnapore are particularly affected with reported losses of crores of rupees.
If Amphan had dealt a blow to nursery owners, the pathogen attack has only aggravated the impact.
Pushpanjali Nursery, one of the biggest nurseries at Jakpur village in the Kharagpur belt, has been the hardest hit. The nursery has lost 1.5 lakh rose plants in the attack.