A team of officials led by the director of Ports will visit
the proposed tourism site for the South Beach Tourism Project. The visit is in
the backdrop of the objections raised by the port officials, here, against the
handing over of Port land for tourism project.
The officials are expected to visit South Beach in the first week of the February to review whether the tourism project would affect the developmental activities of the Port. As per the objections raised by the Port officials, handing over of the land for tourism project would hinder the proposed developmental activities of the Ports.
Abraham V Kuriakose, Port officer, Kozhikode said that they were not against the tourism project. We have raised some objections as the handing over of Port's land for other purposes would affect the developmental activities of the department of ports, he added.
Though the tourism department officials had twice fixed the date for the work inauguration of the project, the unexpected opposition from the port authorities has created a hurdle. "Even now we are not sure whether we will get nod for the project," said P G Rajeev, secretary of District Tourism Promotion Council, the implementing agency of the project.
The expected cost of the tourism project covering a 3km stretch of South Beach is Rs 8.85 crore. The state government in February 2013 had sanctioned Rs 3.85 crore for the completion of the first phase work - a 700 metre stretch - starting from the portion that has already been beautified. The second phase project, including the rehabilitation of nearly 25 families residing in the puramboke land, has also been submitted for government sanction.
Earlier, a meeting of minister M K Muneer, who is also the MLA of Kozhikode South constituency, ports minister K Babu, tourism minister A P Anil Kumar and officials of the departments was held at Thiruvananthapuram weeks ago to settle the issue. However, the meeting failed to achieve its objective as officials with the ports department demanded the godown of the Calicut Development Authority at Beypore in return for the land at South Beach.
The officials are expected to visit South Beach in the first week of the February to review whether the tourism project would affect the developmental activities of the Port. As per the objections raised by the Port officials, handing over of the land for tourism project would hinder the proposed developmental activities of the Ports.
Abraham V Kuriakose, Port officer, Kozhikode said that they were not against the tourism project. We have raised some objections as the handing over of Port's land for other purposes would affect the developmental activities of the department of ports, he added.
Though the tourism department officials had twice fixed the date for the work inauguration of the project, the unexpected opposition from the port authorities has created a hurdle. "Even now we are not sure whether we will get nod for the project," said P G Rajeev, secretary of District Tourism Promotion Council, the implementing agency of the project.
The expected cost of the tourism project covering a 3km stretch of South Beach is Rs 8.85 crore. The state government in February 2013 had sanctioned Rs 3.85 crore for the completion of the first phase work - a 700 metre stretch - starting from the portion that has already been beautified. The second phase project, including the rehabilitation of nearly 25 families residing in the puramboke land, has also been submitted for government sanction.
Earlier, a meeting of minister M K Muneer, who is also the MLA of Kozhikode South constituency, ports minister K Babu, tourism minister A P Anil Kumar and officials of the departments was held at Thiruvananthapuram weeks ago to settle the issue. However, the meeting failed to achieve its objective as officials with the ports department demanded the godown of the Calicut Development Authority at Beypore in return for the land at South Beach.
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Source: Times Of India
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