Summary:
In Veli tourist village, projects totalling ?20 crore are to be executed. more-inGiving the much-needed fillip to the capital’s tourism sector, Kerala Tourism has given the nod for nine projects spread over Kovalam, Veli, Akkulam and the Kanakakunnu Palace, listed by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) as a heritage monument. In Akkulam tourist village, the ?9.34-crore works will be completed in 18 months. An Urban Park is to come up in the village in one year at a cost of ?4.99 crore. The famed Grove and Light House beaches in Kovalam will get a facelift at a cost of ?9.9 crore..