Kadalundi to developed into ‘street tourism’ destination
The Hindu
The project envisages development of streets based on the speciality of the locality
Kadalundi in Kozhikode district is all set to become one of the destinations for Street Tourism, a novel concept that the Department of Tourism is planning to implement.
STREET is an acronym for Sustainable, Tangible, Responsible, Experiential, Ethnic Tourism Hubs, developed by the Responsible Tourism Mission following the new slogan of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’.
Accordingly, the STREET project is being implemented in several parts of the State laying stress on village tourism.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.