{"id":26952,"date":"2016-08-29T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T12:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/?p=26952"},"modified":"2016-08-29T18:26:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T12:56:02","slug":"kovalam-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/kovalam-action-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Plan to Increase the Facilities at Kovalam! Safety and Security Main Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to make Kovalam safer and more secure&#8217; ahead of the high-volume tourist season a &#8216;destination manager&#8217; will be formed by consolidating a number of government bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Entrusted with the overall charge of the destination, this designated authority will handle day-to-day matters regarding the security and safety of the people. The entire resort area will come under a security system that incorporates a CCTV surveillance network round the clock. Fencing will be put in place around popular viewpoints such as the Edakkal rocks to ensure tourist safety without becoming an eyesore.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The entire resort area will come under a security system that incorporates a CCTV surveillance network round the clock.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kerala Tourism recently laid out a short-term roadmap to address the issues faced by Kovalam. Some of the issues include infrastructural concerns, including the supply of potable water, waste management, adequate vehicle parking facilities and public safety measures etc. Alleviating the drinking water shortage is also high on the agenda and Kerala water authority (KWA) is expected to pump water from its Vellayani treatment plant soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>KHRA and Kovalam protection are working together to ensure there are proper lighting and the maintenance of such throughout the area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kerala hotel and restaurant association (KHRA) and the Kovalam protection are working together to ensure there are proper lighting and the maintenance of such throughout the area. They also check any illegal dumping of waste in the area. The action plan called for finding a permanent solution to the problem of garbage disposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to make Kovalam safer and more secure&#8217; ahead of the high-volume tourist season a &#8216;destination manager&#8217; will be formed by consolidating a number of government bodies. Entrusted with the overall charge of the destination, this designated authority will handle day-to-day matters regarding the security and safety of the people. The entire resort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[88,452],"class_list":["post-26952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","tag-kovalam","tag-trivandrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26955,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26952\/revisions\/26955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}