Distinct engineering section in Kerala Tourism department

Saturday, January 20, 2024

The Kerala cabinet’s support to the suggestion for creating a devoted engineering section in the Tourism Department will enable time-bound and lucrative execution of projects in this vital division, in addition to guaranteeing excellence and responsibility. This was stated by Kerala Tourism Minister Shri P A Mohamed Riyas. The minister said that it is important that this resolution comes at a time when Kerala Tourism is witnessing a great development path to exceed all earlier records.

A distinct engineering section will aid in prompt execution of several projects in a profitable way while confirming extraordinary quality. This will also increase responsibility in project execution, said Minister Riyas. From now, it would be the accountability of this division to see that new properties are created within the time-frame and development prices set for them and the prevailing ones preserved at the same time, with a supreme sense of liability.

Right now, 416 ventures valued at approximately Rs. 250 crore are under way, comprising those with assistance from the Center. These are being implemented by numerous agencies under the management of 17 project engineers in the Tourism Division, who are all contract workers. The agencies charge for project implementation and also impose centage charges that comprise 4 to 7 per cent of the decided Probable Amount of Contract (PAC) as per this planning. The creation of an engineering section within the division will significantly decrease the monetary obligation equated to the prevailing arrangement, said Minister Riyas.

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