Nuwara Eliya gets ready for April festival

P. Rajaratnam - Nuwara Eliya Corr

Residents within the city limits, leading hotels and guest houses are preparing their flower gardens for the forthcoming April festivities.

The popular Victoria Park is being spruced by the Municipal Council and the annual prize winning flower gardens of the Colonial Hotel, the British Club, the Grand Hotel and Hill Club are being planted with exotic varieties of expressive flower plants in order to compete in the forthcoming April annual flower competitions.

The Mayor of Nuwara Eliya Mahinda Kumara Dodambage and the festivity committee members have requested residents and the business community to get ready for the forthcoming Nuwara Eliya festive seasonal programmes.

A conference was held at the Municipal Council with Minister Navin Dissanayake, to draw-up the April seasonal activities. The conference centered around the proposed setting up of a Cable Car from the Nuwara Eliya city to the Single Tree with American Agency assistance. It was decided that a committee be set up, at the request of Minister Navin Dissanayake, in order to finalize the proposal.