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The District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) is planning to speed up the work of the new projects and there are eight new projects coming up, said the officials. The work at Palakkayam thattu is almost complete and we are awaiting the date of its inauguration by the tourism minister, said the DTCP secretary Saji Varghese. The work of the reconstruction of the garden at Pazhassi dam near Mattannur is also in the final stage and would be ready for inauguration after Onam, he said. We have set up solar lights, sitting arrangements and walkway in Palakkayam thattu, and once this is ready we will have a tourism circuit connecting the place with Paithalmala and Kanjirakolly so that it would attract more tourists, said the DTPC secretary, adding that it would also help to improve the local economy. If marketed properly it can be developed as a hill station like Ooty, according to the officials. Since the project is developed in an eco-friendly manner, it will not affect the environment of the place and the DTPC''s aim is to execute the tourism projects in the district in the similar manner so as to not create any damage to the ecology, he added. At Pazhassi dam, the garden is being reconstructed after it was washed off in the flood in 2012, and the new project is coming up near the reservoir instead of the previous location near the barrage.We have built a road to the garden, a steel bridge, cafe, walkway and a toilet complex and the work is progressing fast now, said the DTPC secretary. |
