Workers clear out plants from a polyhouse at a farm in Doddaballapur near Bengaluru. Growers are not able to find any takers for their flowers with markets closed following the nationwide lockdown | Shriram BN 
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Bloom to bust: Flower growers lose Rs 100 crore in a month due to lockdown

As you go around Doddaballapur, you see farms bursting with colourful blooms. But this is not bringing a smile to the flower farmers.

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