Zero cheer for flower growers, traders because of corona

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Flower growers and florists in the united states are passing an idle time with gloomy faces seeing as the sale of blossoms hasn't gathered pace ahead of Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day as a result of coronavirus pandemic.

To celebrate Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day, various people, especially kids, throng flower outlets to get flowers, floral gift ideas and boutiques every year.

Usually, florists gear up their shops with different kinds of flowers targeting the festive occasion with many short-term flower shops popping up beside the roads in Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Jashore, Sylhet, Barishal and somewhere else across the country.

But this season, the situation of flower business is totally different as a result of coronavirus pandemic, forcing growers and dealers to incur losses.

Students of universities, colleges and schools are the key buyers of flowers in this festival but this season, all the educational establishments remained closed thanks the to coronavirus prevalence, said Abdur Rahim, president of Bangladesh Flower World.

Students are now residing at their respective homes because of the closure of their educational institutions in addition to dormitories, he said, adding that no festival in addition has been planned in the educational institutions this time. “That is why, the sale of bouquets has seen a sharp fall.”

Pahela Falgun, the first evening of the planting season, and Valentine’s Working day will be celebrated tomorrow.

Many persons gather in the key city points to welcome the spring with songs, poetry recitations and dance performances.

Many couples hang out on your day by rickshaws, non-public cars, motorbikes, buses and CNG-run auto-rickshaws on the administrative centre. They throng numerous tourist spots putting on colourful dresses with blooms in their hands.

Usually, farmers and dealers concentrate on major festivals to double their income and February is a good occasion for an enormous sale of flowers mainly because three festivals happen to be celebrated in the month.

These celebrations are never complete without flowers. Come to be it for decoration, presenting a bouquet to special someone or gracing the wild hair of women and kids alike, bouquets are an indispensable section of the spirit of the festivities.

Abul Kalam, president of Floating Hawkers’ Association at Shahbagh, told the Daily Sun that the flower business has seen a downward trend due to the pandemic.

“Thirty-five out of total 51 flower shops here have been closed because of the pandemic as the rest are operating posting a lower sale,” he said.

 Mentioning that pupils of universities, schools and schools are the key customers of plants, Kalam said they'll not move up this time as the educational organizations remained closed.

Besides, no programme can come to be held on Pahela Falgun due to the closure, he said.

No social programme like matrimony, birthday, anniversary and seminar has been arranged in a beautiful manner during the pandemic which dealt much blow to the flower organization.

Usually, the flower sale turnover is a lot more than Tk 400-450 million in the united states in the first 4-5 times of Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day but this year, it'll be Tk 200-250 million, said Abdur Rahim.

He said farmers reduced the cultivation of plants as the sales has seen a good fall. “Flower seeds of many farmers were also damaged.”

Though the sales of flower has seen a comparative rise in Jashore, Chuadanga, Jhenaidah plus some other districts from February 8, it is around 30 % to the last year’s sale, Rahim added.

Around 3 million people are engaged in this sector while 20,000 of them are directly associated with flower farming, he explained, adding they are now facing a livelihood crisis.
Source: https://www.daily-sun.com

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