The Glass House at Kuppanna Park, which was to be ready by mid- February, will likely be open to public by the end of February or first week of March. The Glass House has been under construction for almost over a year on the lines of the one at Lalbagh in Bengaluru. The glass fitting work has begun and the magnificent structure stands at the centre of the park, also called as Nishad Bagh, hoping to conserve biodiversity and aims to exhibit flowering plants to attract tourists. The Glass House will provide optimum temperature and other conditions for the growth of plants. A team of workers were seen installing glass panes on the structure. Speaking to Star of Mysore yesterday, Thimmaraju, Assistant Director, Horticulture Department, Mysuru, said, “The glass panes have been fixed for the base all around the structure; only the slanting part that connects to the dome and the dome is pending. The outer framework for laying the glass panes over there is ready and we are waiting for the glasses. As the framework is done, they have taken the measurements and accordingly the glasses cut in those sizes will arrive and then the glass will be fixed. The work is going on rapidly and by February end the structure will be ready.” A Glass House is also known as a Green House or a Hot House, where plants will be grown throughout the year giving it the required suitable growing conditions. The special solar tempered glasses are brought from Saint-Gobain Glass India, Chennai. The glasses are cut into the exact sizes according to the framework and modified at Fuso Glass India Pvt. Ltd in Chennai, a glass processor unit expertising in architectural designs. The glasses from there come in specific measurements and are easily placed on the framework.
