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Friday, September 9, 2011

BOAT TOUR OF MUZIRIS SITES

                                                BOAT TOUR OF MUZIRIS SITES


Visitors to the Muziris heritage site located off Kodungalloor would be able to take a boat tour of the locate that about the waterway in another six months. The Kerala shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation has set in motion work to construct fire of the 14 boat jetties envisaged to enable visitors to check out the heritage and excavation site in an eco-friendly way,with out causing air and sound pollution. The five Jetties would be read;y by March2012, while the rest would be built by March 2013".
  The Rs 4.60 crore estimated to be the cost of constructing the 14 Jetties would come from the 12th finance commission. The jetties that would be built initially are the ones at North Paravur,Kottayil Kovilakom,Palian Krishna temple,Kottapuram market and Kottappuram fort. The roofed jetties would lint the historic temples,churches,mosques and synagogues in the area. There would also be a ticket counter waiting area for guests etc"
  The KSINC would operate boats on the route Boats would be able to call at Pattanam,Kodungalloor, Pallipuram Fort and Gothurath, when more jetties are built in phase two while boats would ferry visitors through the waterway.
                                                          Prof. JohnKurakar
                                                

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