Chrysanthemum Show, a 3-day event, in December

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 25

Chrysanthemum Show, which could not be held last year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be organised at the Terraced Garden in Sector 33 here in December this year.

The local Municipal Corporation (MC) has prepared a budget of Rs10.65 lakh for the three-day event. Though the agenda regarding the show was cleared in the MC House meeting held in June, details regarding expenditure and events have been finalised now. It will be tabled in a meeting of the Finance and Contract Committee to be held tomorrow.

According to the agenda, a whopping Rs57,750 will be spent on tea and snacks on the opening day of the event and Rs63,000 on the concluding day. A sum of Rs52,500 will be spent on sweets for labourers.

The budget for the event this year is lesser than the 2019 show when Rs11.19 lakh were spent.

Various government and semi-government institutions such as the CHB, the PGI, the Punjab Warehousing Corporation, IMTEC, HUDA, Haryana PWD and the AG Punjab as well as private growers take part in the show. Several flower competitions are held during the event.

Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma said, “The agenda was already approved by the MC House and only matter related to its preparations will be taken up tomorrow. The Covid protocol will be followed during the flower show.”

Chrysanthemum Show witnesses a huge rush and it will be a challenge for the MC to manage it in view of the possible third wave of Covid. While a symbolic Rose Festival was organised this year, the event was not held last year.

Covid protocol to be followed: Mayor

The agenda was already approved by the MC House and only the matter related to its preparations will be taken up on August 26. The Covid protocol will be followed during the flower show. — Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor