We should make flowers and greenery part of our life apart from maintaining sanitation, Chief Minister Raman Singh said at the concluding ceremony of three-day fruits, flower and vegetable exhibition cum competition held at Gandhi Udyan here on Monday.
The exhibition-cum-competition was jointly organised by ‘Prakriti Ki Or Society’, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University (IGAU) Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) and Jindal Power and Steel limited (JSPl).
Newly-elected Raipur Mayor Pramod Dubey and Vice Chancellor of IGAU, Dr SK Patil also participated in the program. After visiting the exhibition, the Chief Minister said this programme is gaining wider publicity year after year.
“This programne also helps in showing the Horticulture development scenario in Chhattisgarh. People come to know about new kinds of flowers and vegetables here,” he said. The Chief Minster expressed happiness over increasing number of private partnership in the program.
“People have reached here with flowers and fruits from their farms. This is a good example of public awareness. We should pledge to make our home and streets beautiful with flowers and vegetables,” Singh said.