Valparai to get two new tourist attractions soon

COIMBATORE: Construction of a botanical garden and a boat house in Valparai town of Coimbatore district is expected to complete by December 2020 and the places will be open to the public in January 2021.
Valparai municipal commissioner K Paunraj inspected boat house construction work on Saturday.
Though Valparai is the only hill station in Coimbatore district, it did not have major tourist attractions. People, who visit the Valparai, usually have a look at the Sholaiyar dam and tea estates.
The AIADMK mentioned in the manifesto that the government would set up a botanical garden and a boat house at Valparai to promote tourism. Municipal administration minister S P Velumani laid the foundation stone for the two projects in March 2019.
The state government allotted Rs 5.47 crore to set up the botanical garden on 4.5 acres of land that belonged to the public works department (PWD). As of now, 50% of earth work was complete.
The government allotted Rs 2.5 crore to construct the boat house on 4.25 acres of land near municipal inspection bungalow.
A municipality official said that a channel from the Nadumalai river crosses the IB. “We plan to construct a check dam across the channel and the water in the channel will be diverted to the boat house. Already 50% of earth work for the boat house is complete,” the official said.
“We plan to open the botanical garden and boat house in January 2021. Once it is opened for the public, we believe that it would attract many tourists to Valparai,” the official added.
Udhagamandalam (Ooty) in the Nilgiris district has a botanical garden and boat house. The hill station attracts many tourists as it has many tourist spots.