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Bekal
Fort Beach - Kerala
Location:
About a kilometre from Bekal Fort,
about 16 km south of Kasaragod on the national highway, Kasaragod
district, north Kerala.
Kasaragod, the northernmost district of Kerala is renowned as the
land of gods, forts, rivers, hills and beautiful beaches. The
imposing circular fort at Bekal is one of the largest and best
preserved forts in Kerala. The beautiful expanse of the shallow
beach near the Bekal fort known as Bekal Fort Beach has been
developed as an exotic beach location by the Bekal Resorts
Development Corporation (BRDC).
Beautification: Beautification
of the site includes installation of two sculptures of Theyyam
created using laterite at the beach and a shed with walls adorning
murals created by artisans from Nilambur. Apart from these a rock
garden at the parking area has been developed where laterite
boulders of various size has been utilised. Under the social
forestry scheme planting trees has been done in the beach area.
Parking facilities:
BRDC
has developed about 7000 sq. m land for parking different types of
vehicles.
Walk way:
A beautiful walk way for the
visiting tourists to explore the beauty of the fine coastal line and
enjoy the panoramic view of the Bekal Fort.
Illuminating the beach:
The beach has been illuminated during the evening hours so that
tourists can more spend time at the beach even after the sun set.
Resting facilities:
Multi shed and Eru madam would
provide the tourist enough facility to take rest and enjoy the sea
breeze. By using locally available materials seating arrangements
has been provided for the tourists at the beach.
Toilets:
Toilets have been provided for the use
of tourists and eco-friendly bamboo waste bins has been provided in
the entire beach site for keeping the site clean.
Childrens park:
A park has been developed here for children below 14 years.
In order to maintain the
developed site a nominal charge of rupee one from each visitor would
be collected as entry fees and a similar nominal vehicle parking
fees would be collected. BRDC also aims to develop in future another
11 acres of land at the beach for constructing water park, theme
park etc.
BRDC was set up by the
Government of Kerala to develop Bekal as a planned eco-friendly
destination. BRDC has utilised 19 acres of land for the development
of the Bekal Fort Beach at a cost of approximately Rs. 25 million
including land acquisition charges.
Getting there:
Nearest railway station:
Kasaragod, on the Kozhikode-Mangalore-Mumbai route.
Nearest airport:
Mangalore
about 50 km from Kasaragod town; Karipur International Airport,
Kozhikode, about 200 km from Kasaragod town.
Beaches
Kovalam
Beach || Kappad Beach || Bekal
Fort Beach || Alappuzha Beach
Baypore
Beach || Varkala Beach
Shankhumugham
Beach
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