Kottayam to get tourism development schemes

21 January 2012: The Heritage Zone stretch at Thazhathangadi where the new walk will come up as part of the beautification project. Half a dozen tourism projects are being implemented in the district at a cost of Rs five crore. Top on the agenda is the Thazhathangadi Beautification Project, being taken up at a cost of Rs 72.23 lakh. The project will be implemented by KITCO and work will commence in a month. The project being taken up along with the Kumarakom-Kottayam road widening project will provide a picnic spot for the tourists at the Heritage Zone in Thazhathangadi.

The project includes the construction of a 2.4 mtrs walkway by Menachil river in Thazhathangadi which will be integrated with existing tourism destinations, especially Kumarakom. It will have car parking facilities at Alumood and Edayakkattupalli, a food court, an open cafeteria and modern toilet facilities. The proposed walk way will form the core of the Heritage Zone which includes the millennium old Juma Masjid, much older Thalikkotta Mahadevar Temple, the half a millennium old churches. The walk way will also face the watercourse where the century old Thazhathangadi Boat Race is being conducted.

Source: The Hindu

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