Non-flowering trees and under flyover spaces will be decorated with indigenous and other ornamental creepers to give the city a new look and better aesthetics.
This will be undertaken by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) owned parks and road-side spaces as well across the city.
The creepers that bloom not only serve practical purposes (erosion control, weed suppression etc) in this role but also add great beauty to the landscape. Because they grow so quickly, creepers are ideal for fast and noticeable changes to landscape aesthetic.
Plantation will be carried out in 11 parks including 5 city-level parks and 6 colony level parks, in this initial stage. They will be implemented in other parks across the city later this year.
Creepers will also be planted on roadside trees, with special attention given to creepers which bloom in winter, as it is the major tourist season and the Temple City attracts its major tourism footfall during the winter days.
Horticulture and landscape experts working for BDA and BMC have found that the non-flowering plants despite having dense and beautiful foliage could not attract gaze of the visitors to the parks and roadside landscapes but with an additional flowering creeper over them could enhance their potential a lot and would be smart, beautiful and full of greenery.