Chandigarh is all set to showcase Rose Festival at Zakir Hussain Rose Garden here on Friday. Vijay Dev, Adviser to the Administrator Chandigarh will inaugurate 43rd Rose Festival, on Friday where more than 3,00,000 visitors are expected visit the three-day festival.
Special florists have been hired for special decoration of the main gate, main stage and surrounding areas of exhibition at Rose Garden, where more than five lakh roses on 37,000 plants in 1,368 beds of flowers are ready to welcome its guests from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh or even Jammu & Kashmir through 829 different varieties of roses.
On Thursday, authorities, completed a huge waterproof tent for the main even on Friday morning. Besides, all the fountains have been cleaned with proper colourful lightning. All flower beds have been cordoned off with green coloured plastic net fencing, so that youngsters may not disturb the flowers during their visit.
This is the first time, when Chandigarh administration’s Tourism department, decided to erect 30 stalls of Garden décor, nursery Plants, interior décor, flower decorations, florist, decorative items, painting, art work, garden equipments/fountain, garden furniture, handicrafts of states emporia, lawn furniture, manure, artificial flower arrangements & aquarium etc. at leisure Valley, Sector-10, Chandigarh for three days during the celebration of the Chandigarh Rose Festival. local organisers would earn Rs3 lakh in form of rent for 30 stalls for three days, however, earning from food courts are extra, said sources.