As part of beautification for the upcoming FIFA under-17 World Cup at Kochi. Major streets in the city will be painted with beautiful paintings and murals reflecting its heritage values and natural beauty.<\/p>\n
The government has allotted a sum of Rs.20 crore for\u00a0the beautification plan submitted by the district administration to make use of the full potential the world cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will not be limited to Rs20 crore. We are planning to tie up with local bodies to present a holistic view of Kochi before international players and visitors<\/em>,\u201d said District Collector K. Mohammed Y. Safirulla to The Hindu.<\/p>\n The beautification plan involves painting walls of major streets in Kochi with themes that reflects the heritage and cultural values of Kochi and Kerala.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The beautification plan involves painting walls of major streets in Kochi with themes that reflect the heritage and cultural values of Kochi and Kerala. This is similar to the Arteria Project in Trivandrum. The city streets will be decorated with banners highlighting its cultural, architectural, and heritage values.<\/p>\n Thousands of visitors are expected to visit the city during the IFA Under-17 World Cup.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Other plans include improving City\u2019s infrastructure and increasing the cleanliness standards. Apart from these, there will be a complete package for transportation of visitors to hotels and to the match venue and practice grounds. Local hospitality sector will be roped in to come up with their own plans tap the immense revenue potential.<\/p>\n Thousands of visitors are expected to visit the city during the IFA Under-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of beautification for the upcoming FIFA under-17 World Cup at Kochi. Major streets in the city will be painted with beautiful paintings and murals reflecting its heritage values and natural beauty. The government has allotted a sum of Rs.20 crore for\u00a0the beautification plan submitted by the district administration to make use of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":28180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[423],"class_list":["post-28179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","tag-kochi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28179"}],"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=28179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28181,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28179\/revisions\/28181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}