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Mangalore: Kadri Park Wears Bridal Look as Flower and Fruit Expo Opens

  •   Sat, Mar 31 2012 09:12:17 AM

Mangalore: Kadri Park Wears Bridal Look as Flower and Fruit Expo Opens
 
Pics: Spoorthi Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Mar 31: All roads led to Kadri Park on Friday March 30 with the opening of the vibrant, innovative and eye-catching flower and fruit exhibition. A food festival too was inaugurated at the park on the occasion.

The three-day exhibition has been jointly organized by the department of horticulture, the district administration, the zilla panchayat, and Siri Horticultural Association.

Inaugurating the fruit and flower expo, zilla panchayat president Shailaja Bhat spoke on the merits of gardening and said that it is only healthy but also economical.

ZP CEO Dr K N Vijayprakash noted that the exhibition was well planned and well executed. He informed that the horticulture department plans to open horti-clinics to provide more infomation on plants and fruits, and also plans to go online soon. The state government has released Rs 867 crore for the development of horticulture, he added.

Coastal Development Authority chairman B Nagaraj Shetty, who was the chief guest, called for adoption of scientific farming methods, due to the shortage of labour in the district which in turn was affecting agriculture.

The exhibition displays a wide-ranging variety of flowers and fruits, all arranged in neat and innovating ways. There is a stall featuring faces of well-known personalities like Manmohan Singh and Sadananda Gowda carved in watermelon.

Another part of the exhibition called the 'Festival of India' inaugurated by Nagaraj Shetty, features an array of colourful flowers arranged to foster communal harmony by depicting various festivals like Holi, Christmas and Ramadan. The entire park is decked beautifully in flowers and fruits of all colours, sizes and shapes.

The food festival, 'Aahara 2012' offers a delectable choice of South Indian, Oriental, Mangalorean, North Indian, Mexican and many other cuisines, along with sweets and chats.

Siri Horticultural Association vice-president Lakshmi Rao Aroor, joint secretary K Nemiraj Konde, district deputy director of horticulture Dr S Nanda and others were present. The exhibition will be open till April 1.
  

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  • Herrick Kunder, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Tue, Apr 03 2012

    Mangaloreans are one among those of those who really give importance to nature and environment. Keep it up Mangaloreans.

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  • sha, mangalore

    Mon, Apr 02 2012

    Pls increase the duration of the expo & also give more publicity

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  • Peter & Ann Mendonca, Karkala / Muscat

    Sun, Apr 01 2012

    Beautiful presentation of Mother Nature! Congratulations.

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  • Prakash, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 01 2012

    We see various varieties of flowers here. They are the gifts of our mother nature which we sometimes are not even bothered about. These flowers shows the beauty and fragrance of the nature.

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  • Lavina D'souza, Bejai-Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    Truly this was vibrant and innovative and amazing flower and fruits Expo.Which has given a beautiful bridal look for us see and feel it's fragrence.Our Goverment Should decorate our roadsides with more of these beautiful flowers or with the desirable flowers. For these flowers may give the message of each festivals, peace, unity and love.

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  • Bulsam, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    The Western countries annually spend huge money for the beautification of their parks & gardens.
    1. The park should have a main-building with horticultural and other NGO offices.
    2. There should be a spacey lobby with food court and memento stalls around it.
    3. Inter-locked jogging track along the boundary line.
    4. A Lake with jet-fountain or any other innovative water-fountain and water-plants.
    5. A well maintained lawn with all weather & heavy duty wooden or steel seats around it for senior citizens.
    6. A skating ring with steel-railing at one corner.
    7. A children’s play area with good quality and latest play equipments and a broader sand pit around it.
    8. The toy train passing through a small bridge over the lake. The appearance of the train needs up-gradation with addition of brass, steel and a coat of attractive paint to the coaches & engine. It should look like the Disney World train.
    9. In the evening there should be music, variety entertainment and dance stage attached to the main-building facing the park.
    10. A spacey under-ground paid car-park area below the main-building.
    MCC should upgrade all the city limits parks that they are already doing it.
    They should come up with a bigger & well designed park on the outskirt of the city. The main building should have self sustaining rental stalls for souvenirs and merchandise, flowering plants, seeds & pots, book/CD-stalls and also a well maintained multi-cuisine food court all within the main building. There should be specially designed Ice-cream, Pea-nut and Sugar-Cane juice and Water-Soft-drinks Carts inside the park.

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  • haneef, mali

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    bewitching photographs. carry-on spoorthi wish u more spoorthi to u in future.

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  • Harsha Malhotra, Mangalore/New Delhi

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    so beautiful...well-organized.. 'gonda-pu' attracting the most..!!

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  • abba, abudhabi

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    I think Not new all the same.dept just performing their duty.

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  • Usha shetty Madodi, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    Well Done need to be organised at more frequently intervals not only in Mangalore but other parts too

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  • R.Bhandarkar., M

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    Pictures of beauty in full 'Bloom'
    Even in a pall of 'Gloom'
    Or in case uncertainities'Loom'
    Drive them away with just a 'Zoom'
    Photos by ..You know 'Whom'!!

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  • Vaidya, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    This was one of the best park during my chilhood days....Later on turned out to be the worst place with lovebirds being seen there....Hope the City corporation will take interest in this and develop this park so that our kids get a chance to see Green earth and some Outdoor games to play instead of the Indoor video games and computer games!!

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  • NAMITHA, COORG

    Sat, Mar 31 2012

    Woh..Its nice to see the beautiful flowers and fruits...keep up the good work ...and keep nature beautiful and green..Heartly thanks to Horticultural Association....

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