Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has launched an urban gardening project using LED grow-light technology for commercial cultivation of tuberose (Rajanigandha) and chrysanthemum (dalia) plants on a two-acre land near the Biswa Bangla Gate in New Town.
NKDA chairman Debashis Sen launched the project by turning on the LED lights on Saturday night. The authorities are taking help from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vigyan Kendra and flower growers of Panskura as to how the lights could be used for cultivating the plants, where to get the seeds, what fertilizers need to be used, time of watering and how to sell the flowers in the wholesale markets and local retailers.
There will be 50,000 chrysanthemum plants of about 12 colour varieties and around 30,000 tuberoses. The area will also have the provisions for other seasonal plants as well. People visiting the Biswa Bangla Gate, too, will get the top view of the two-acre land.
