Kerala IT parks might have one bar-attached restaurant

Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state authorities might enable main IT parks to have a bar-attached restaurant on their premises. This is among the many proposals below energetic consideration of the federal government which is making ready its new liquor coverage to be introduced subsequent month.

Sources mentioned the proposal is predicated on a suggestion from stakeholders within the IT sector that the ability would make the state extra enticing to children from different states. In many of the cities exterior, techies have extra leisure services which make Kerala a less-preferred vacation spot, they claimed. 

“The idea is to allow the parks to have such a facility at a designated place on the premises. They can select an experienced hotelier to run the facility through a fair selection process. The restaurant should be for the exclusive use of those working in the park,” mentioned an individual aware about the discussions. 

Steps on to arrange industrial wine-making unit in state

The draft is being ready and discussions are on with stakeholders. The coverage could be introduced by March-end, he mentioned. The concept now’s to permit one restaurant in a park which will likely be managed by the park authority. The park administration can have the only discretion to start out a facility on its campus.

The different proposals embrace permitting extra retailers for the Beverages Corporation, fruit wine manufacturing within the personal sector and additional decreasing the gap restrict between liquor retailers and academic or spiritual establishments.

Meanwhile, efforts are on to arrange the primary industrial wine-manufacturing unit within the state. The Beverages Corporation will set up the unit. It held the second spherical of talks with the All India Wine Producers Association on Wednesday.

The affiliation is giving technical assist to the plant which, most likely, will come up in Palakkad or Kannur. The plant can have a capability to provide one lakh litres in an 12 months. Production is predicted to start in 18 months. The current proposal is to start out manufacturing from plantain, pineapple, cashew apple and nutmeg fruit.