DTPC master plan to clean up beaches

KOZHIKODE: Ahead of the grand Onam celebrations, the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) has decided to make a master plan to clean and renovate all the beaches in Kozhikode foreseeing increase in the number of visitors.

Initially, the major beaches in the district including Kozhikode, Beypore, Kappad, Kollam, Bhatt Road, and Godhishwaram will be cleaned and all the minor infrastructural development and renovation works carried out.

The broken pathways, wrecked seating and streetlights mainly at Kozhikode, Bhatt Road and Kappad beaches will be renovated and repaired before August 22. Shattered roofs of rain shelters at all the beaches in these locations will also be repaired as per the plan.

“The shimmering coastline of the district is our cherished possession and DTPC is on its mission to preserve all its beaches to the best possible way,” said DTPC secretary P. G. Rajeev.

“Since we could not carry out major developments on these beaches, our plan is to complete the minor works so that during the Onam festival, people can have a good time in these tourist destinations. As of now, the public facilities like toilets, shelters and cafeteria at some of the main beaches are in a bad condition which will be renovated soon”.

In addition to the renovation works, foreseeing drowning cases, the DTPC has decided to appoint more lifeguards and put security systems in place at the major beaches here during the busy days ahead, besides sufficient warning boards and other cautions.