PRESIDENT’S
TROPHY BOAT RACE AT ASHTAMUDI LAKE, KOLLAM
Tennis celebrity Sania Mirza will
inaugurate the Second President’s Trophy Boat Race to be held on the Asramam
creek of the Ashtamudi lake on Thursday 1ST November,2012.The
inauguration function to be held in the afternoon at the Boat Jetty Junction
will be presided over by Labour Minister Shibu Baby John.Union Minister of
State for Civil Aviation K.C. Venugopal will take the salute of the sail past
and Union Minister of State for Labour Kodikunnil Suresh will inaugurate the
mass drill.Fifty-eight boats of various categories, including 18 snake-boats,
are participating in the event.Tourism Minster A.P. Anil Kumar will present
mementoes to the sponsors of the event and Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash will
present mementoes to the dignitaries on the dais. The souvenir of the event,
Ponnodam, will be launched by KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala by presenting a
copy to Mayor Prasanna Earnest. Parvathy who created the logo for the boat race
will be honoured by K.N. Balagopal, MP.
The valedictory function to be presided
over by Sports Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar will be inaugurated by Leader of the
Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan.In view of the event, traffic restrictions will
come into force in the city from 2 p.m. on Thursday. Parking of vehicles will
not be permitted along the four-lane road from Kappalandimukku to the Taluk
Office junction, the Hospital Road up to Chamakada, along the
Lakshminada-Thekkekacheri road, the Chinnakada-Muneeshwarankovil road, the
Sankar’s Hospital-Asramam road and the SBI junction-Police Club road.Vehicles
of those coming to witness the race will have to be parked at Asramam Maidan
after arriving through Sankar’s Hospital junction or Kadappakada junction.
Entry to Asramam Maidan through Pullikada Road will be banned.Those leaving the
maidan after the race will have to use this road and the Nair’s Hospital road.These
two roads will be declared one way from the afternoon on November 1.
Those coming from Thevally side to view the
race will have to park their vehicles at the Government Boys High School
grounds. Since the KSRTC depot is situated in the vicinity of the main venue of
the race, KSRTC buses will not be permitted into the depot from 2 p.m. on that
day. In case of any help the police can be contacted on phone number 100, 1090,
0472-2742072 or 0474-2795086.Police patrol has also been imposed along the 1070
course of the lake where the races would be held. The whole area will be
covered by CCTV net work, according to City Police Commissioner Debesh Kumar
Behera.
Prof.
John Kurakar