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The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has planted around 1 lakh tulips in its parks across the Capital, an addition to more than 4 lakh tulips of different hues planted by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in Lutyens’ Delhi, said official sources.
Municipal authorities have begun a process to cultivate tulips in a special temperature-controlled chamber at Delhi s Lodhi Garden with bulbs imported from the Netherlands last year, officials said on Tuesday.
Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had directed the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to
This initiative was taken up after L-G VK Saxena stressed on exploring means to ensure indigenous production of tulip saplings during his visits to NDMC's tulip plantations last winter, according to the civic body.