Ezhumanthuruth embraces responsible tourism
The Hindu
This village near Vembanad lake is promoting a host of tourism products
When the State closed down itself for the visitors last year, Ezhumanthuruth, an obscure village in Kaduthuruthy panchayat , got to work. With its proximity to the sprawling Vembanad lake, a network of canals and interminable network of farmlands, the location is not short of attractions.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












