Hyderabad: Poll code to stall horticulture show

Hyderabad: The Horticulture Exhibition organised annually in the city from January 26 will not be held this time. The Telangana government has said the election code of conduct came in the way. The exhibition is held for five days every year.
Horticulture nurseries, plant lovers and farmers who come from far and  near for seeds and saplings are disappointed. Praveen Satarthy of Grow More Foods Nursery explained, “This show is going on for the last 15 years. Why is the government not conducting it after elections, if not before? In the united AP, the exhibition used to have 300 stalls. This number got reduced to 160 stalls after the bifurcation. Last year, we had only 90 stalls.”
It appears the government has not put in any effort to organise the   show. It would involve coordination with horticulture firms and  several allied agencies. S Mohan of Ganga Nursery said, “Every year we  had two exhibitions, one on January 26 and the other on August 15. In  the last two years, we were having only one on January 26. Now the government wants to even do away with this too.”The preparations for the exhibition start from October, when thousands   of saplings of flowering plants, vegetables, fruits and other varieties are readied. They are grown in grow bags and pots for showcasing purpose. Horticulture commissioner Venkat Ram Reddy refused to comment.