During this year’s Fruit show at Sims Park in Coonoor, the Horticulture Department declared that no fruit on display will be wasted. Saturday was the first day of the 61st Fruit Show; visitors were elated at the horticulture department’s decision to implement a “zero fruit wastage” policy for the first time since the show’s inception.
The Fruit Show, which became known for its fruit carvings and exhibits, had come in for criticism in the past for the show organisers’ propensity to waste the produce on display by pinning them to prefabricated structures. This year however, massive exhibits have been set up, though without damaging the fruits used to adorn them.
Source: thehindu.com