{"id":891,"date":"2014-02-01T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=891"},"modified":"2014-03-03T12:57:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T12:57:40","slug":"the-disappeared-flower-markets-of-delhi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=891","title":{"rendered":"(The disappeared) Flower Markets of Delhi Walk \/ Sun 9 Feb 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(The disappeared) Flower Markets of Delhi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Where have all the flowers gone?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sunday 9 February 2014
\n7 am to 11 am<\/p>\n

Meet @: Qutab Minar ticket window, 7 am, ends here at 11 am<\/p>\n

Mode of Commuting: Wheels \/ Walk<\/p>\n

Registration Details: Rs. 1700\/- per person (includes refreshments, transport)<\/p>\n

Please pre-register.Contact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100 \/ himanshu@redearthindia.com<\/p>\n

Pay online here:\u00a0https:\/\/getfbpay.in\/event\/view\/2716\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Posthumously yours, the flower markets of Delhi: The 3 main flower markets at Fatehpuri, Connaught Place and Mehrauli, an integral part of the city\u2019s heritage and culture, and temples of beauty amidst the concrete jungle; are now history, thanks to the Delhi government\u2019s myopia.<\/p>\n

Come witness a disaster of urban planning and the lack of common sense in this city, as we visit the sites of the markets and experience the sad and eerie silence where once a million flowers bloomed. We will trace how the flower trade has reconfigured itself around these sites, and also visit Ghazipur, a landfill outside the city where part of the flower trade has been officially relocated.<\/p>\n

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Itinerary & Places Visited<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 am: Homage to Mehrauli market, walking through the site<\/p>\n

7.30 am – 8.30 am: Exploring new informal markets around Mehrauli and Chattarpur<\/p>\n

9.15am-10.00 am: A visit to Ghazipur, the official new flower market<\/p>\n

11 am: Walks ends at Mehrauli<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mehrauli Mandi \/ Photo: Saurabh Mehta<\/div>\n
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Mehrauli Flower Market \/ Photo: Monica Kapur<\/div>\n
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Genda Gathri \/ Photo: Meher & Karan<\/div>\n
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Flower Seller \/ Photo: Saptorishi Majumndar<\/div>\n
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Notice at Mehrauli Flower Market \/ Photo: Shilpa Sharma<\/div>\n
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Destruction of Mehrauli Market \/ Photo:\u00a0Harshvardhana Durugadda<\/div>\n
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Destruction of Mehrauli Market \/ Photo:\u00a0Harshvardhana Durugadda<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(The disappeared) Flower Markets of Delhi Where have all the flowers gone? ——– Sunday 9 February 2014 7 am to 11 am Meet @: Qutab Minar ticket window, 7 am, ends here at 11 am Mode of Commuting: Wheels \/ Walk Registration Details: Rs. 1700\/- per person (includes refreshments, transport) Please pre-register.Contact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100 \/ himanshu@redearthindia.com Pay online here:\u00a0https:\/\/getfbpay.in\/event\/view\/2716\/ ——– Posthumously yours, the flower markets of Delhi: The 3 main flower markets at Fatehpuri, Connaught Place and Mehrauli, an integral part of the city\u2019s heritage and culture, and temples of beauty amidst the concrete jungle; are now history, thanks to the Delhi government\u2019s myopia. Come witness a disaster of urban planning and the lack of common sense in this city, as we visit the sites of the markets and experience the sad and eerie silence where once a million flowers bloomed. We will trace how the flower trade has reconfigured itself around these sites, and also visit Ghazipur, a landfill outside the city where part of the flower trade has been officially relocated. ——– Itinerary & Places Visited 7 am: Homage to Mehrauli market, walking through the site 7.30 am – 8.30 am: Exploring new informal markets around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","category-walks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}