Much of Ernakulam children’s park in shoddy state
The Hindu
MLA flays inordinate delay in completion of pending work
With many of the rides yet to be readied and a portion of the Ernakulam Children’s Park remaining weed-infested, the opening of the facility to visitors from Sunday, Children’s Day, has invited much flak.
The park is managed by the District Council for Child Welfare (DCCW), while the Kerala Tourism provided ₹4 crore to renovate it. Kerala Electrical and Allied Engineering Co. Ltd (KEL) was entrusted with the renovation work.
Among those who are critical of the inordinate delay in completing the renovation work is T.J. Vinod, Ernakulam MLA. He has shot off letters to Minister for Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas and Minister for Health and Child Welfare Veena George, citing how the “renovated” park was officially inaugurated in February, in the run-up to the Assembly polls and how stakeholders failed to complete the renovation work, well after nine months.