India, Nov. 3 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will expand the climate-controlled storage-cum-propagation chamber at its high-tech nursery in Lodhi Garden in a bid to boost the proportion of locally propagated tulip bulbs, senior civic officials said.

According to officials, the new chamber will be spread over 540 square feet (sq ft) and will have the capacity to store over 200,000 tulip bulbs or other exotic bulbous species. The facility will regulate humidity, temperature, and ethylene exposure for plant storage. NDMC has invited bids for the project, estimated to cost Rs.50 lakh, with a construction timeline of two months.

The civic body had developed its first such chamber in 2023 to promote the indigenisation and reuse of ...