Proposal to set up tourism police station in Munnar: industry stakeholders welcome move

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Minister for Tourism and Culture P.C. Vishnunadh addressing a tourism stakeholders gathering  successful  Munnar connected  Saturday.

Minister for Tourism and Culture P.C. Vishnunadh addressing a tourism stakeholders gathering successful Munnar connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Tourism stakeholders expect creaseless and violence-free tourism successful the Munnar elevation presumption pursuing a connection for a caller tourism constabulary presumption successful the area. During his sojourn to Munnar connected Saturday (May 30), Minister for Tourism and Culture P.C. Vishnunadh said that amid a rising fig of attacks against tourists, a dedicated constabulary presumption is urgently needed to code information issues.

“I volition sermon the connection with Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala to instrumentality the adjacent steps. To code information concerns, a coordinated radical consisting of borderline constabulary stations and District Collectors volition beryllium formed to behaviour regular monitoring,” the Minister said.

Meanwhile, section assemblage authorities and tourism stakeholders welcomed the determination to acceptable up the tourism constabulary presumption successful Munnar. Munnar panchayat president S. Vijayakumar welcomed the connection and noted that the tourism constabulary presumption volition assistance guarantee a creaseless and violence-free tourism ambiance successful the elevation station.

Mr. Vijayakumar further said that during his visit, the Minister announced a grooming programme for tourer guides successful Munnar, which the Munnar and Devikulam panchayats volition jointly conduct. “In addition, the Minister besides projected a prepaid strategy for taxis successful the Munnar elevation station, and we volition spell up with the proposal,” helium added.

Lack of parking space

Mr. Vishnunadh emphasised that the State authorities is committed to ensuring harmless tourism successful Munnar. He noted that the astir captious situation facing the section tourism assemblage is the deficiency of due parking.

“The Tourism section volition resoluteness the parking situation by utilising disposable onshore successful the elevation station,” the Minister said.

Additionally, the Tourism section plans to instal high-tech toilet facilities crossed the elevation station. This inaugural volition beryllium executed with the enactment of section self-government bodies.

“Our section volition besides guarantee due discarded absorption successful the region. Since roadworthy improvement remains a large contented successful Munnar, we volition clasp talks with the Tata Group to unafraid the indispensable onshore and determination the task forward,” said the Minister.

According to tourism stakeholders, attacks against tourists and hours-long postulation jams are large issues successful Munnar. Following an summation successful attacks against tourists, societal media campaigns person been highlighting information concerns successful the elevation station.

“We invited the suggestions raised by the Tourism Minister. Once a tourism constabulary presumption is acceptable up successful Munnar, tourists tin easy attack the tourism police, which volition guarantee their security,” said a tourism manufacture stakeholder.

Published - June 01, 2026 07:45 p.m. IST

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