Despite repeated collapses, parking continues unabated on Varkala Cliff

“The vehicles come in large numbers every day and the parking issue becomes worse in the evenings. People are parking their vehicles in dangerous areas,” said Sanjay Sahadevan, advisor to Varkala Tourism Development Authority. On Friday, following the direction from the district collector, a team led by the deputy director of disaster management visited Varkala Cliff. A decision was taken to curb parking within the 20-metre area of the edge of the cliff,” said an official of DDMA. The Varkala municipality authorities are yet to take any solid steps to relocate parking from the highly vulnerable helipad.