The Fort Kochi heritage zone has turned a picture of neglect, with most of the tourism infrastructure either encroached upon or in shambles.
This is despite the fact that the locale has been teeming with visitors during the past couple of weeks. The neglect shown to restoring the Chinese fishing nets has further added to the mismanagement of the heritage locale. Neither Kerala Tourism that allotted ₹1.5 crore many years ago to restore the nets to their past glory nor KITCO that was entrusted with the execution of the work has been able to kick-start the process, inviting the wrath of fishermen manning the nets.
Kerala Tourism has also not begun work to rebuild parts of the walkway along the beach lost to the raging sea.
