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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026) inaugurated a five-star edifice of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) astatine Muzhappilangad. Speaking connected the occasion, helium asserted that the Muzhappilangad-Dharmadam broad formation improvement task would importantly boost not lone determination tourism but the tourism assemblage arsenic a whole.
The Chief Minister said the ₹238-crore integrated task aims to fortify tourism infrastructure astatine Muzhappilangad beach, Dharmadam beach, and Dharmadam Island to pull much home and planetary visitors. The task has been divided into 4 quality areas — the northbound and southbound sides of Muzhappilangad beach, Dharmadam beach, and Dharamadam Island.
The operation of the northbound broadside country astatine Muzhappilangad has been completed astatine a outgo of ₹62 crore. The remaining components volition beryllium implemented successful a time-bound manner. The northbound broadside features a walkway, children’s play area, refreshment centres, and conveyance parking facilities. The southbound broadside volition see seating area, kiosks, and parking space.
At Dharmadam beach, the plans see a floating deck, elephantine wheel, euphony fountain, and jogging and cycling tacks. At Dharmadam Island, known for attracting migratory birds, a quality hub with an underwater sculpture plot and an elevated quality locomotion has been proposed. A elaborate task study is being prepared aft examining entree possibilities to the island. Once completed, the beaches are expected to look arsenic large tourism hubs.
Highlighting Muzhappilangad’s favoritism arsenic Asia’s longest drive-in beach, stretching astir 4 km, the Chief Minister said its unsocial diagnostic of allowing vehicles on the shoreline had earned it a peculiar spot connected the planetary tourism map. He stressed the request to afloat pat its imaginable by ensuring basal amenities for visitors.
The recently opened resort, built utilizing eco-friendly operation methods and equipped with modern facilities, is intended to fortify the State’s premium tourism segment, helium added.
V. Sivadasan, MP, presided implicit the function.
