There would be round-the-clock tourist activities at the Island Grounds in Chennai
Posted on: 08/Feb/2020 10:47:18 AM
For many years, Island Grounds in Chennai has been the place for Annual Trade Fair is well known.
In the future, in addition to this fair there would be round-the-clock tourist activities throughout the year at this place. There would be amusement rides and many exhibitions here for the sake of the people.
According to a senior tourism department official, a go-kart operator had withdrawn the services from Island Grounds. It must be noted that the go-kart contract was for 3 years but the operator had wound up the services midway. There is a space available now for other activities and due to this tenders have been called to utilize the space available for other tourist activities.
The successful bidder would have a space of 45000 sq ft for the sake of organising exhibition and amusement rides. This was as per the tender floated by TTDC. It was brought out by the official that the space available could be used for different activities like laser shows etc. He added that the concept should be formulated by the bidder on revenue sharing model with TTDC.
Every year between the months of December and February, an annual trade fair takes place at this massive 29acre land parcel. The truth is this space remains idle for most part of year except the time mentioned above. During the deepavali season this massive space would have many cracker shops.
In the past, many attempts were made to convert this massive space to a happening place by organising food fair and banana festival etc.
