horticulture department

Today, if you walk along the Jakkur Lake premises, you will find many known and lesser-known medicinal herbs, aromatic shrubs, as well as rare and red-listed endemic trees lining the area, where community and conservation zones coexist.

Gated parks that welcome everyone are not an uncommon sight in many localities of Chennai and though there is scope for improvement, children and adults do not have to look too far to find a place to ‘park’ themselves in.

A forward-thinking Jagdish Prajapat of Bangreda Mamadev Gram Panchayat under Nimbahera block has proven that strawberry cultivation can be a booming business in this northwestern side of India.

At first, these cycles will be introduced on a trial basis, and then depending on the feedback, changes will be made.