EZHIMALA NAVAL ACADEMY

Prime Minister Manmohan singh to inaugurate the Ezhimala Naval Academy on January 8. The Academy developed at E$zhimala, 38 k.m from Kannur. The opening of the naval academy developed on a hilly terrain facing the coastline of Ezhimala at an estimated cost of Rs 720 crore is expected to give a face lift to the entire region. The Academy has taken shape on a landscape comprising the tract of hill facing the seas after a pace of hectic construction works on a massive scale for the past several years. The infrastructure developed at the academy includes the state of the art training and administrative facilites. Apart from the main academic block, the facilities include accommodation and mess complexes for trainees, staff, sailors and officers. the Academy also have flag mast which is the highest one in the country.
Ezhimala Naval Academy architect Smt Namita Singh. The Naval Academy retain the beauty of the site. The archtect said that' I decided that no man made intervention should mar the beauty of the place'
The Academy is located on picturesque hills and inland waters and flanked by the Arabian Sea. She said' It is a difficult proposition to design building complexes with out disturbng the environment. The flora and fauna has been kept intact. A large area is still left as forest reserve'. The site is spread over 2400 acres' It was an over grown jungle. The Academy has grown in to one of the largest naval academies in Asia