Kathmandu. Flower entrepreneurs said that the flowers produced in the country have got market during this year’s Tihar.

Flowers are sold more during the festival. According to the Nursery Entrepreneurs Association, very few flowers are imported from abroad as the flowers produced in Nepal are getting market. The farmers used to not get the price of flowers produced by the entrepreneurs in the past due to middlemen, but this time it is not so, said Ramji Timalsina, president of the association.

This year, the garland will be available for Rs 100 to Rs 120 per piece, he said. Velvet flowers are available for Rs 35 to Rs 45 per piece, according to the association. According to traders, the flowers of Godavari have not bloomed this year as Tihar falls early.

This year, the Flower Development Centre under the Bagmati Province government had imparted training to 50 people including 25 people from Gundu of Bhaktapur and Ichangunarayan of Kathmandu. Rabindra Thapa, chief of the centre, said that 50 trained saplings were distributed in such a way that they can plant two ÷ropanis of saplings.

Some consumers have complained that they are compelled to pay more than the price of flowers and garlands in the market. Consumers Sabina Shrestha has demanded that the trend of charging more will stop if the government brings those charging more than the price under the ambit of legal action.