Kanchanpur. Flower traders in Kanchanpur are excited after the demand for flowers started coming as Tihar is approaching.

} Floriculture entrepreneurs here who had to face the problem of flowers rotting in the fields due to lack of market for flowers in the past have felt relieved after the demand started coming in before the Tihar festival this year. Srijana Joshi of Bhimdatta Municipality-1, Kanchanpur, who has been doing floriculture business for the past seven years, shared her experience of incurring losses as the flowers produced in the past years were not sold.

} “Even though we used to produce flowers till two years ago, we faced the problem of rotting in the field as we did not get a market,” said Joshi, adding, “Last year, the flowers got a good income after getting a market.” She said that the local flowers got a market after the local administration banned the use of plastic garlands and banned the import of flowers from India. “Last year, the flowers got a market and this year I have increased the cultivation,” she said, “This year, the bookings for flowers have started coming before the festival, we are excited,” she said, adding that so far 20 kg of flowers have been booked in advance.