The Indian Express Limited
Shikha Joshi Posted: Monday , Jun 29, 2009 at 0004 hrs IST
Chandigarh:
With monsoons still elusive, it’s not just the residents but also the plants, which are crying for water. Relentless heat and delayed monsoons have taken a toll on Asia’s biggest ‘Rose Garden’.
The well-known tourist spot now greets visitors with dried out plants and trees. The flower beds are in a pitiable state and weeds are growing all over. At some places weeds have taken over the plants.
The Rose Garden has many varieties of herbal plants, which can cure diseases like tuberculosis, but these plants are also drying.
While the garden had around 1,600 varieties of roses when it was created, now around 350 varieties are left.
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