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Kochukeralam.com Kollam is stepping into the Kerala tourism spotlight with several of its sights and sounds marked for development. A land scaped park is coming up inside of the fishing harbour sophisticated at Tangasseri with the ruins of the 16th century Portuguese constructed Fort Thomas as the backdrop. The fort, located on the tangasseri panhandle of Kollam, was when the citadel, from exactly where the Portuguese managed the coastal belt from Kollam to Anchuthengu. Throughout the latter fifty percent of the seventeenth century, they surrendered the fort to the Dutch and towards the conclude of the 18th century, the fort arrived below the British.
The ruins of the fort will get a facelift on finding the sanction from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)and concrete actions will be taken, for the 1st time preserve and beautify the remains. The project would be finished in two phases and the ongoing 1st stage, which will price Rs 70 lakh is getting carried out by the Harbour Engineering Section, with architectural consultancy from Chennai primarily based business. In this stage, to be commissioned by the stop of Oct, tiles will be laid on the fort intricate and lamps and seats will be mounted. The adjacent park will comprise a children's enclave and a cafeteria. A tiled pathway will be laid to achieve the 2.five km-extended breakwater.
Lookouts into the sea will be built alongside the breakwater in the 2nd phase. There will be a pathway meandering via the panhandle and top to the inspection bungalow of the Harbour Engineering Division on the border of the century-old lighthouse constructed by the British. The 1st and next phases jointly cost Rs.one.nine crore.
The breakwater has designed into a reef and has turn into a maritime attraction as it hosts exciting range of maritime existence.
