India, Dec. 19 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council will start planting tulip bulbs across the NDMC area from December 27, said NDMC vice chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal on Thursday. The NDMC has procured a total of 517,500 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands this year,of which 3.25 lakhs are for the NDMC, while 1.92 lakh are for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).

From the tulips brought for the NDMC, 2.25 lakh bulbs will be planted across the NDMC area, "at locations such as Shanti Path, Central Park at Connaught Place, Convention Centre, Lodhi Garden, Talkatora Garden, Sardar Patel Marg, Mandi House, Windsor Place, Sher Shah Suri Marg, and roundabouts near the Vice President's House," said an NDMC official. The remaining amount, around...