(DU) will celebrate the 50th year of the
inception of its annual Flower Show on February 22 later
this month. The show, started in 1958, is expected to draw
around four to five thousand visitors this year, a university
official said.
The event will be organised in the lawns of the Social Science
building in front of Daulat Ram College.
"This time we will add some flavour to the event. We
will be organizing a painting competition on February 15
to spread awareness on environmental issues and inculcate
love for flowers, trees and greenery," University Garden
Committee Secretary, Mr. Rajesh Tandon said.
The show has invited school and college students from the
city to participate in the event. The event includes a biology
quiz, cut flower, pot flower and Rangoli competition among
a total of 63 competitions.
"The event will be a 'mini-fair' kind. Even street
plays will be staged on the occasion by college students
and some professionals," he added. Lt Governor of Delhi
Tejender Khann will be the chief guest.
The Delhi University has the great tradition of maintaining
greenery in and around it's campus. The University's two
campuses - the North Campus and the South Campus, are well
decorated with parks and gardens. The famous parks of DU
are Mughal Garden, Jawahar Vatika and the Platinum Jubilee
Park. The DU hostels have also well maintained gardens.
It is worth noting that DU has a Conservatory of around
250 species of rare and medicinal plants. To look after
the gardens and parks in the campus, a total of about 150
gardeners have been appointed.
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