Kshitiz Kant; Lucknow
The two days
State Fruit, Vegetables and Flower exhibition 2019 ended after the awards
distributing ceremony held at Governor House on Sunday this week.
Mr Ram Naik, Governor
Uttar Pradesh, expressed his thanks to the participants and the guests arrived
on this occasion and said that this exhibition is organized every year for the
purpose of showing the diversity of horticulture crops at one place to the
common.
The peace,
beauty and harmony of flowers in Indian Culture have always been recognized and
it has an important place in our religious, cultural and other ways of routine
life.
He added that
the horticulture has an important role in agricultural sector and these crops
are transforming into commercial way because of giving the maximum income,
employment and nutrition from per capita sector.
Mr. Sudheer
Garg, Principal Secretary Horticulture and Food Processing, in his welcome
speech to the governor, has said that the main reason to organize this
exhibition is to apprise the common people with the development, new varieties
and its technicalities of production in the field of Horticulture, and to achieve the ecstasy amid the precious boon
of nature in the shape of flowers seeing the extreme busyness of the city life.
Special Secretary
Food processing, Mrs. Sandeep Kour, paid her thanks and gratitude to the Governor
and the guests who arrived in the exhibition and told that the winners in this competitive
exhibition achieved 108 Chal Vaijanti and cups including cash award.
Dr. Raghuvendra
Pratap Singh, Director, Food and
Processing Department UP apprised that fruit, vegetables and flowers are the
integral part of our daily life.
Gratuity of our
nutritive need, religious and on the other occasions all these are going to be
important in the present environment.
The flower
production in the protected farming is now establishing in the commercial
entrepreneur.
Director added
the every effort has been done to organize this exhibition in the attractive
and sanguine way. It is confirm that the people seeing this exhibition have
been awakened with an impetus for the flowers, vegetables and fruit production.
He said 1512 participants in this organized
exhibition took part and shown 5407, which is the 40% more than the last year
participants.
The Governer
House was the top winner in this competition. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh from Santosh
Garh, Mirzapur, was the winner of specific fruit,"Dragon fruit." Mr.
Apporva Rai, from HAL Lucknow, got the award for his excellent exhibit “ Rose”.
The school
children, Prashant Singh, Nishant Patel, Rishmit Kour, Anvi Kesharwani, Redia
Tripathi, all were announced excellent in Artful Flower Arrangements exhibit.
Jan Sikshan Sansthan Lucknow got the award for the texture prepared by flowers.
Abhay Krishna lieutenant General, Lucknow, has been declared winner of the shanties
(Grah Vatika) and many others were the winner of their performances in this
competition.
