Champawat, March 03 (HS). Vasanthotsav is being celebrated at Uttarakhand Raj Bhavan. Like every year, this year too a Vasant Utsav program is being organized at Raj Bhawan in the spring month, in which an exhibition of different types of flowers is organized and many competitions are organized. In this, flower growers not only from the state but also from other states participate in this exhibition.
The main objective of Vasantotsav is to give recognition to the flower growers of the state at the international level so that through this the flowers of Uttarakhand can make their mark in the country and abroad as well. In this sequence, District Horticulture Officer TN Pandey, Assistant Development Officer Horticulture Ashish Ranjan Kharkwal, Pradeep Pachauri etc. participated along with 20 flower products from Champawat district.
In the Vasantotsav organized, district Champawat received the first prize in three categories – Apis Cerama Himalayan Honey, Wild Forest Honey and Mano Floral Honey. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also inspected the stalls in the program organized, in which he tasted honey and praised the honey of Champawat district.