The 32nd annual Chrysanthemum show concluded with Punjabi cultural evening at Terraced Garden in Sector 33 here on Sunday.
Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary Home, Chandigarh was the chief guest on the occasion and gave away prizes to the winners of various events organized during Chrysanthemum show in presence o KK Yadav, MCC Commissioner. The chief guest also went around the garden alongwith officers of MCC to see various flowers exhibited there with different permutations and combinations.
He applauded the efforts of the officials of MCC for organizing a beautiful show.
During the programme, the Commissioner MCC appealed to the citizens of Chandigarh to join hands with MCC in solid waste management system and participate in Swachh Survekshan-2019 to ensure good rank of their city in cleanliness.
He said that the citizens can help MCC in Swachh Abhiyan by segregating waste at their households, by reuse of waste items and by composting their kitchen waste.
The IEC team of MCC carried out different activities in the Terraced Garden under “Swachh Bharat Mission” to create awareness among masses regarding segregation of waste at source level, onsite composting and downloading Swachhata MoHUA app.
Gardeners of horticulture wing, MCC in the show had made boat, camel, peacock, cow, giraffe, lion and many other animals and birds using flowers, which was the main attraction at the show. About 268 varieties of Chrysanthemum had been displayed in the show.
During the cultural evening, various Punjabi singers including Sukhpreet Sukh, Mamta, Manpreet among others gave performance.