The Alappuzha municipality has launched ‘ponnonathottam’ (Onam garden), a project to produce vegetables and flowers for Onam. As part of it, the civic body will grow a wide variety of vegetables and marigolds on vacant lots and schools.
The civic body launched the project by planting vegetable and flower seedlings on the bypass divider at Kalarcode and Gurumandiram ward. It was inaugurated by A.M. Ariff, MP.
Officials said the gardens would help supply safe-to-eat vegetables and flowers to people at reasonable rates during the festival period.
