Plans are on to develop Manginapudi beach near Machilipatnam as a major tourist attraction and steps are being taken to provide the requisite infrastructure and public amenities to achieve this goal, said Krishna District Collector P. Rajababu.
After planting coconut trees along the beach, Mr. Rajababu said these trees, 300 in number, were brought from Chennai, at a cost of ₹12 lakh as part of the beach beautification and development plan. The trees, aged between 10 and 15, were planted on the beach using a crane.
“Toilets are being constructed at a cost of ₹40 lakh while ₹12 lakh has been set aside for arranging high mast lighting at four places along the beach,” the Collector said.
