“Record Number of Tourists Visit Thusharagiri in Kodancheri, Kozhikode During Festive Holidays”

P.OThusharagiri in Kodancheri, Kozhikode, swelled with crowds when families of tourists came to seek the coolness of the forest from the scorching heat. 2900 people came here on Sunday alone. One lakh and thirty thousand rupees were received in the entrance fee alone.

The parking lot of the facilitation center was full and vehicles were parked on the sides of the road for about a kilometer. This caused a traffic jam for a while. Ahead of the festive holidays, the traders stocked up more goods, but the hotels, including the hotels, became empty in the rush. The expedition ended at three o’clock.

With the drying up of Chalipuzha, the waterfalls stopped, but the number of tourists did not decrease. There was a rush of tourists to take a dip in the natural lake below the first waterfall. There are not enough guides and staff here to manage the rush of Tusharagiri during the holidays. While 15 people under the Forest Protection Committee were stationed at various places, there was a shortage of staff to control the traffic at the ticket counter and parking area.

There is limited parking facility under DTPC. DTPC The hotel that was operating here under contract has been closed for two months.

Tourists demand that more space should be found and adequate parking facilities should be provided and the closed hotel should be kept open.