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An bid issued by Idukki District Collector Dineshan Cheruvatt states that astir escapade tourism firms successful the territory are operating without due section assemblage licenses. According to the order, information postulation astatine the section assemblage level revealed that 25 escapade tourism activities — including ziplining, kayaking, paragliding, plaything chairs, tyre walks, pedal boats, paracycling, blistery aerial balloons, solid bridges, and entity eating — are functioning successful the district, though galore deficiency valid section assemblage permits.
The Collector noted that this information was compiled pursuing an incidental connected November 28, 2025, successful which a four-member household and a unit subordinate were trapped successful a sky-dining edifice astatine Anachal, adjacent Munnar.
In response, the Collector has formed a seven-member adept squad to inspect each escapade enactment firms successful the territory and taxable a elaborate report. The sheet includes the Deputy Collector of the Disaster Management Authority; the Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department (Buildings), Idukki; the Hazard Analyst, Idukki; the District DM Plan Coordinator; the Deputy Director of Tourism; the Secretary of the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC); and Bijoy U.R., Assistant Professor of the Mechanical Wing astatine the Government Engineering College, Idukki.
The bid further stated that acrophobic authorities indispensable assistance the squad during these inspections. Based connected the adept panel’s findings, the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) volition convene to determine the aboriginal of these firms’ operations.
Meanwhile, sources noted that portion galore firms person obtained a Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society (KATPS) license, they inactive deficiency the indispensable section assemblage permits. “It is simply a world that galore firms relation without a section assemblage license, adjacent if they clasp KATPS certification,” a root said. “Additionally, caller escapade activities are established regular without due guidelines. The world is that determination are nary guidelines issued for specified firms. It is indispensable to guarantee a information cheque earlier these firms statesman operations.”
Officials person welcomed the move, noting that the inspections volition place unlicensed firms and let for corrective action. A Tourism section authoritative added that escapade tourism is simply a superior gully for the district. “Since the installation of the solid span astatine Wagamon elevation station, tourism prospects person wholly changed, and it has emerged arsenic 1 of the large destinations successful the district,” the authoritative said.
