Over the past week, pictures of Delhi’s tulips in bloom have been shared across social media and WhatsApp groups. City residents passing by Shantipath in the diplomatic enclave, runners’ haunt Nehru Park, and Lodhi Garden where history and modernity meet, have all marvelled at the sight.
In a bid to fulfil Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena’s promise when he took charge in May 2022, to make Delhi a “City of joy, city of flowers”, three lakh tulip bulbs were imported from the Netherlands in December 2023: two lakh for NDMC-governed areas and one lakh for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA, which they paid for).
