Buoyed by the occurrence of the archetypal ‘We Park,’ a task that aims to person unused nationalist spaces nether the flyovers into sustainable and aesthetically appealing sites, acceptable up adjacent SN College Junction successful Kollam, the Tourism section has decided to grow the task astatine the State-level by beautifying the spaces nether 20 much flyovers.
As portion of this, an administrative authorisation has been fixed to 3 projects successful Thrissur district, portion a elaborate task study (DPR) is being prepared for the task astatine different identified sites crossed the State.
The section has decided to marque the We Park a exemplary task successful the infrastructure improvement assemblage of Kerala arsenic portion of its plan policy. It besides aims to marque the unused spaces nether flyovers public-friendly. The Kerala Tourism Infrastructure Limited (KTIL) has been assigned arsenic the nodal bureau for the project. The task includes processing beauteous walkways, painted broadside walls, badminton court, volleyball court, seating areas, including benches and an amphitheatre, postulation rules boards, playgrounds and play instrumentality for children, an unfastened gym, cameras and different information equipment, lawns, lighting systems, cafe, and toilets. Once the DPR for each task is completed, the implementing bureau volition beryllium selected aboriginal done an unfastened tender.
Recreational facilities
According to Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas, it is the government’s declared argumentation to support and beautify the neglected and unused nationalist spaces by turning them into areas for recreational facilities. The task volition supply a nationalist abstraction for friends and families to travel unneurotic and prosecute successful sports and entertainment. Through this project, the authorities aims to marque cities greener and much nature-friendly.
The projects that received the administrative authorisation see the railway overbridges astatine Athani and Mulankunnathukavu successful Wadakkancherry and the Chembissery railway overbridge connecting the Wadakkancherry and Thrissur constituencies. All 3 projects person received clearance from the Public Works department. The task astatine Athani volition outgo ₹70.60 lakh, ₹55.30 lakh successful Mulankunnathukavu, and ₹78.70 lakh successful Chembissery.
The tendering process for these projects volition beryllium conducted soon. The item of the task is that erstwhile they are converted into We Parks, the spaces nether the flyovers volition go a spot for societal interactions and taste gatherings. They volition besides go a stopover for travellers connected nationalist roads and a centre for sports and recreation for section residents, wherever basal facilities for travellers could beryllium acceptable up.
