Flower display work begins in Ooty garden

Ahead of the autumn season, the display work of about 7,000 flower pots at the Government Botanical Garden (GBG) in Ooty commenced on Friday. The garden was reopened for visitors last Wednesday. The flower pots include over 140 varieties of flowers, including Dahlia, French marigold, Balsam, Salvia and Petunia, among others. For the past three days the garden has been witnessing around 100-200 visitors a day.
Correction: In the report ‘NIA seizes gold ornaments, money from city jeweller’ published in these columns on September 10, it has been erroneously mentioned J Nandagopal as the owner of Sri Senthur Jewels and gold ornaments and cash were seized from the shop. Sri Senthur Jewels issued a clarification on Friday stating that NIA didn’t carry out searches in the shop. It also said that Nandagopal is the landlord of the property in which the shop is being run.