A nine-day flower festival at Faujdarhat-Port Link Road in Chattogram is drawing visitors in droves. The site used to be considered “unsafe” and was frequented by drug users after dark, according to locals. But now, various types of flowers and the birds they attract are vying for the attention of nature-lovers. The local administration took the initiative to turn the abandoned place as ‘DC Flower Park’ where the first “flower festival” of Chattogram is taking place. Also read; Five-day long Bangla film festival starts at DU The festival started on Friday evening and will continue till February 18. Already more than 5,000 flowers of 122 local and foreign varieties have been planted on the 194 acres of khas land.