Revamped Palaruvi reopens

Palaruvi ecotourism centre, which has remained shut for previous a number of months publish lockdown, was reopened after renovation and building work on Sunday.

The centre now has some added sights that embrace an eco-friendly entry gate and upgraded facilities on the nature research centre at Kaduvappara. While the meals courtroom close to the waterfall bought a facelift, hand railings had been put in on the way in which and a ready centre was constructed subsequent to the ticket counter. The ₹84-lakh renovation works additionally embrace the development of a stone pavilion close to the waterfall.

Protection of farms

“The Palaruvi ecotourism project was started in 2003 for providing job opportunities for the residents. The tourist destination that stands four km away from Kollam-Thirumangalam National Highway is accessible by foot or the visitors can travel by the mini-buses operated by Forest Department. As the inflow of visitors go up after the COVID-19-induced lull, the number of vehicles will be increased,” stated Forest Minister K. Raju, who inaugurated the brand new initiatives on the centre. The Minister has additionally instructed the officers involved to kind squads beneath divisional forest officers to guard farmers and farms within the space from the assault of untamed animals.

Other initiatives inaugurated embrace a pavilion in-built reminiscence of Thomas Fulton Bourdillon, a botanist and former Conservator of Forests in erstwhile Travancore and the e-service centre that gives IT companies to the residents.

The Minister additionally handed over the keys to newly constructed shops to individuals who had been engaged in avenue merchandising close to the entry gate. Aryankavu grama panchayat president Suja Thomas presided over the perform whereas Anchal block panchayat president Radha Rajendran, member Lekha Gopalakrishnan, and district panchayat member K. Anilkumar had been current on the event.