Pruning of rose plants begins in Udhagamandalam
The Hindu
The pruning of rose plants at the Government Rose Garden in Udhagamandalam kick-started the preparations for the annual summer festival in the Nilgiris, set to be held after a gap of three years this
The pruning of rose plants at the Government Rose Garden in Udhagamandalam kick-started the preparations for the annual summer festival in the Nilgiris, set to be held after a gap of three years this year.
The pruning of the plants was inaugurated by District Revenue Officer Keerthi Priyadarshini on Wednesday.
In a press release, the district administration stated that the rose garden, inaugurated in 1995 to commemorate the 100th annual flower show in the Nilgiris, now has more than 31,500 rose plants. More than 4,200 hybrid varieties of rose plants from all across the world have been collected and maintained in the garden.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












