Minister to announce Kadamakudy tourism scheme in Ernakulam
The Hindu
Minister for Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas will announce a comprehensive tourism scheme in Kadamakudy in Ernakulam and formally inaugurate the Varapuzha-Kadamakudy Road on August 14. The tourism projects
Minister for Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas will announce a comprehensive tourism scheme in Kadamakudy in Ernakulam and formally inaugurate the Varapuzha-Kadamakudy Road on August 14. The tourism projects envisaged include a ₹1-crore island-living museum, which will shed light on the pristine and unique environment of Kadamakudy. It will be readied over five years. The museum will include in its ambit the area’s famed pokkali and prawn farms. K.N. Unnikrishnan, MLA, had demanded the rolling out of a comprehensive tourism scheme in the area.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.