Proposal to restore the fort around Padmanabhapuram palace in Kanniyakumari remains a non-starter
The HinduThe future of the 284-year-old granite fort around the Padmanabhapuram palace in Kanniyakumari district has been marred by uncertainty as the proposal to restore and rebuild its fallen portions has not made any progress. When a portion of the wall on the southern side of the fort collapsed during heavy rain in 2021, Dairy Development Minister Mano Thangaraj, who earlier held the portfolio of Information Technology, visited the fort with officials and engineers, and assessed the situation and instructed the PWD to prepare a project report. The District Collector also made a strong case for the immediate repair of the damaged wall and removal of vegetation, including trees, that had grown on the fort, which encloses an area of 186 acres. The fort wall has been interlocked with keystone spacing every 2 m. But the one foot thick stone masonry wall with lime mortar and inner core wall filling, with 2 ft brick-jelly concrete, were found to have been damaged.
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