KWA to launch pilot tourism project with guest houses in Idukki

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The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) aims to make further gross beyond its accepted h2o work charges. According to officials, the KWA decided successful 2023 to research assorted sources of Non-Water Income (NWI). As portion of this strategy, the authorization decided to conception impermanent houses wrong its assorted compounds and unfastened them to the nationalist for tourism.

Sudheer M., enforcement technologist of the KWA Kattappana Project Office, stated that arsenic a State-wide aviator project, impermanent houses person been constructed successful Cheruthoni and Painavu successful Idukki, which are acceptable to unfastened for tourists soon.

“Interestingly, the impermanent houses were constructed supra and beneath h2o attraction plants owned by the KWA,” the authoritative said. “In Cheruthoni, 2 suite rooms and 4 deluxe rooms were built connected apical of a 15-lakh-litre h2o tank. The installation besides includes a league hallway named ‘Periyar,’ which tin accommodate up to 200 people. In Painavu, 3 suite rooms and 2 mean rooms were constructed beneath a 2.5-lakh-litre h2o attraction plant,” helium said.

The rooms and league hallway tin beryllium booked by the nationalist done the KWA website and are expected to beryllium disposable starting March 15. The Cheruthoni impermanent location features a presumption of the Idukki dam arsenic its main attraction, and some locations connection ample parking facilities.

Officials noted that the KWA plans to supply affordable, high-quality enactment facilities for the public. A full of ₹72 lakh was spent connected the project. If this tourism inaugural proves successful, the KWA plans to grow and conception much impermanent houses successful large tourism spots crossed the state.

“The KWA has abstraction to unfastened impermanent houses successful respective large tourism destinations,” an authoritative said. “By opening these facilities, the nationalist volition summation entree to affordable accommodation, and the KWA volition make further income.”

The KWA is looking to reflector the occurrence of the Public Works Department (PWD), which antecedently opened its impermanent houses to the public. “We are expecting a level of tourer involvement akin to the PWD impermanent location model,” the authoritative added.

The regular rent for suite rooms has been fixed astatine ₹3,000, portion non-suite rooms volition outgo ₹1,000. The rent for the league hallway is acceptable astatine ₹10,000 per day. Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine is scheduled to officially inaugurate the impermanent houses connected February 27 successful Idukki.