As many as six tented cottages built up by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) abutting Kakinada Beach, remained unopened for the last 10 months just because the corporation is suffering shortage of manpower. Abutting its Haritha Beach Resorts, the APTDC has built the tented cottages by spending about Rs. 36 lakh. = Inaugurated by Home Minister N. Chinarajappa during the Kakinada Beach Festival in January this year, the cottages registered no guests so far. As a result of lack of regular maintenance, the cottages are losing their sheen and the equipment is turning rustic. “Shortage of attendants is a major problem in the resorts. Following the bifurcation, staff like drivers and boat operators have been allocated to Andhra Pradesh in good numbers, but the number of attendants is very less,” says P. Venkatachalam, district Assistant Tourism Officer. Doubts about security of the tented cottages among the officials is said to be another reason for not encouraging the guests to avail the accommodation.
We have taken up the policy of privatisation at the State-level and we are going to give on lease the resorts and the cottages as well very soon
R. Amarendra
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