Three-day Annual Chrysanthemum & Autumn Flowers Show organised by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with Islamabad Horticulture Society (IHS) opened here at Rose & Jasmine Garden her on Friday.
CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi inaugurated the colourful event being participated by public and private sectors organisations, embassies and individual competitors. Speaking on the occasion, Elahi said that flowers are the part and parcel of our daily life as they not only add beauty and fragrance to our gardens but also promote the cause of clean environment and healthy society. He said the CDA is focusing on floriculture in addition to improving the overall environment of the city and it has introduced a number of new varieties of flowers and have beautified the avenues and roads.
“The canvas of such competition and exhibition would be expanded in the coming years to further boost the efforts of making Islamabad one of the exemplary and flowery city of the country”, Elahi said. He said the CDA is not only adding new varieties of flowers in different parks, gardens and alone avenue but also investing for improvement of the over all environment of the city.
He said the authority became the first municipality of the country to introduce the rainwater harvesting project, which proved helpful in enhancing the aquifer, which in turn would ultimately help the civic body grow plants and flowers in a better way. The chairman said that lush green gardens and lawns blended with flowers not only added to beauty of the environment but also had a positive impact on the moods of the residents.
He appreciated the efforts of the organisations participating in the competition particularly the role of the gardeners for their “solid” contribution to stage this event. He said that the efforts by the Islamabad Horticulture Society played a vital role in increasing awareness among the people about the significance of plants and flowers.
He said the CDA would continue its cooperation with the IHS to further beautify the capital. Elahi said that Islamabad have a huge potential for producing valuable plants and unique varieties of flowers with a view to set an example for replicating these experiences in other parts of the country. He said that IHS should further extend its cooperation to the individual flowers and gardens lovers particularly for training the gardeners to enhance their professional capabilities.
CDA’s Environment Wing official Mian Waheed-ud-Din, Islamabad Horticulture Society President Dr A Q Javed Iqbal and representatives of the civil society were also present on the occasion.
