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Tourism Minister S. Rajesh Kumar connected Saturday directed the officials of the Tourism, Water Resources and the Panchayat Raj Departments to behaviour a feasibility study, with the assistance of method experts, for introducing ropeway tourism attraction crossed Paraliyar River successful Aruvikkarai colony adjacent Thiruvattar successful Kanniyakumari district.
After inspecting antithetic sites successful the territory wherever the Tourism Department is carrying retired improvement works astatine an estimated outgo of ₹11.20 crore, the Minister told the officials to hole the study for implementation.
During the inspection astatine Mathur aqueduct, Mr. Rajesh Kumar wanted the officials to upgrade the children’s parkland underneath the aqueduct and guarantee cleanable toilets and potable drinking h2o facilities for the tourists. He besides inspected the ₹3.5-crore eco parkland being constructed adjacent the riverbank.
The Minister further inspected the multipurpose complex, including a dress-changing room, being constructed astatine a outgo of ₹4.30 crore astatine Thirparappu falls, and a vessel jetty, resting country and parking installation astatine Chittar dam.
He suggested to the officials modernisation of the rooms being constructed for tourists and measures to let bathing astatine the duplicate falls (Irattai Aruvi). “We should marque the territory the astir preferred destination for tourism,” helium said.
He was accompanied by Kanniyakumari District Collector M. Prathap, Padmanabhapuram MLA R. Chellaswamy, and Vilavancode MLA T.T. Praveen.
