New Delhi, February 22 – The annual Tulip Festival 2026, organized by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Shanti Path Lawn in the heart of the national capital, will be formally inaugurated on Monday, an official said on Sunday.
"During the event, the festival will feature a special walk and exhibition," the official said in a statement.
"The Tulip Walk and visit to the Tulip Exhibition, showcasing a splendid array of blooming tulips and floral displays curated by the Horticulture Department, will begin on Monday morning on the lawn near the Embassy of Sudan in Chanakyapuri," the official added.
This year's Tulip Festival was originally planned to be inaugurated on February 17, but due to strict security measures for the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, its formal opening ceremony was postponed by a week.
While releasing the NDMC's budget last month, NDMC Vice-Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal had outlined the civic agency's plans to organize the Tulip Festival 2026 on a grand scale.
He said that to beautify the city, 5.53 lakh tulip bulbs will be planted, a large number of which have been developed in-house and in Himachal Pradesh's Palampur under the "Make in India" initiative.
"Last year, for the first time, the NDMC made the potted Tulip plants of one lakh tulip bulbs available for sale to the public at Shanti Path Lawn, Lodhi Garden, Nehru Park, Talkatora Garden, Central Park, and NDMC nurseries (Safdarjung Madarsa, Gurudwara Park and Purana Quila Road)," the official added.
On other beautification efforts of the civic agency, Chahal had said, "The NDMC is in the process of transforming into the most progressive municipality of the country in terms of sustainability and self-reliance."
"We will build a New Delhi that stands as a lighthouse of modernity, sustainability, and civic responsibility – a benchmark and goal set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he added.
He said that a park near Nazaf Khan Road in Lodhi Colony is being developed as a Miyawaki forest.
"Under the plantation drive, 3,500 trees, 29.93 lakh shrubs, and 502 bamboo plants have already been planted, and in 2026–27 the target is to plant 5,100 trees and 4,71,150 shrubs. For irrigation using treated effluent, 10 decentralized sewage treatment plants (STPs) are already operational, and 12 new STPs and five Effluent Treatment Plants are proposed," the NDMC Vice-Chairperson added.