Gundu farmers race to pick velvet flowers before Tihar

Kathmandu, October 30 With Dashain, the biggest festival of Nepalis, now over, another important festival, Tihar, is drawing near. Farmers growing velvet flowers in the Gundu area of Bhaktapur are struggling to find time to pick the flowers and string them into garlands. Most farmers in the area grow velvet flowers commercially, targeting Tihar. They