In order to provide better service to tourists and
travellers, Kerala Tourism will construct wayside toilet complexes with
restrooms and food courts across the State.
The complexes, with a plinth area of 500 to 1,000
sq.ft., will have a refreshment area, cloakroom, souvenir shop- cum-
information kiosk, ATM, reservation check-in facilities, essential store,
bathrooms, medicinal spa, and parking facilities.
Branded as Take-A-Rest, the ‘relax points’ are
envisaged on two to 10 cents being made available by government departments,
local self-government bodies, and public sector units.
Announcing the project at a press conference here on
Tuesday, Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar said the priority would be to set up
the complexes on national highway stretches.
Three types of complexes - A, B, and C- had been
worked out depending on the extent of land and the facilities offered. The ‘A’
type would cost Rs.50 lakh, ‘B’ Rs.25 lakh, and ‘C’ Rs. 10 lakh and the land
need not be transferred to the department, he added.
Kerala Tourism will operate the complexes in the
first year with the help of the DTPC and later hand them over to other parties
to run it. The aim is to set up at least 10 such complexes in
Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, and other districts initially.
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