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The precocious held Pakala Beach Festival successful Prakasam territory highlighted the mediocre infrastructure facilities, specified arsenic constrictive roads and deficiency of hotels, successful the region. The festival was organised connected February 14-15, 2026, and drew astir 2 lakh visitors to Pakala colony successful Singarayakonda mandal of Prakasam district.
Due to the dense unreserved connected some days, adjacent bureaucrats and nationalist representatives had to endure for hours successful postulation jams portion attending the event. There were besides incidents of vehicles slipping disconnected the roadworthy edges. Local residents person demanded the operation of a roadworthy connecting National Highway (NH-16) to the beach.
“The authorities is spending immense magnitude connected an events that past for a time oregon two, but is not focussing connected providing imperishable roads. This formation is precise adjacent to the road and it tin pull the tourists going towards Tirupati and Chennai if due roadworthy is laid,” said Vekaiah, a nutrient vendor from Kandukur.
A.P. Maritime Board (APMB) Chairman Damacharla Satyanarayana urged Minister for Roads and Buildings (R&B) B. C. Janardhan Reddy to make the 6-km roadworthy from NH-16 to the beach. Responding positively to his request, Mr. Janardhan Reddy has assured to sermon the contented with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and supply roadworthy web successful the village.
Due to deficiency of hotels adjacent the beach, the tourists went to Singarayakonda oregon Ongole for accommodation aft attending the event. Speaking to The Hindu, A.P. Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) Chairman Nukasani Balaji revealed plans to acceptable up restaurants, resorts, and hotels adjacent Pakala formation nether public–private concern (PPP) mode akin to Tharang Resorts adjacent Ramathirtham beach.
“Apart from this, the APTDC is trying to found a park, pathways, lavation rooms, dress-changing rooms, and 2 much bay-watch towers with ₹4-5 crore implicit the adjacent 2 oregon 3 months,” helium said.
