SAGARARANI

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Caption : Repair work in progress at Sagar Rani, a luxury mini ship, taken over recently by Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation Ltd from the State Tourism department. The plan is to deploy the ship on a daily rent basis in the channel as well as in the coastal areas for various tourism related activities, such as conferencing, sunset and night cruise, sight seeing etc. The estimated cost of renovation work will be to the tune of Rs 40 lakh, which is scheduled to be finished by March. The vessel built by the Cochin shipyard for the Tourism department at a cost of Rs 1 crore, was idling since 1998, and was in a sunk condition at Bolghatty. Having a capacity of 90 passengers, the ship will be having A/c conference hall with imported glossy lamination with audio-video projector facilities with plasma TV, a cafeteria and an upper deck with dancing floor facilities. Photo: K.K. Mustafah 18-02-2004