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The proposal is for the water body and the adjoining area between
Vyttila and Elamkulam linking the arterial Sahodaran Ayyappan
Road and Subhash Chandra Bose Road.
They said that the basic concept was to introduce trees and plants to
ensure organic improvement of the water quality. Public space, a
walkway and cycling track that would link the space to Jawahar
Nagar are other elements of the KMRL project.
Sources said that the proposed public space would come close to the
metro rail alignment and it could become a destination for Kochiites
and visitors to the city for recreation and relaxation.
The project proposal had said that the entire project centred on city-
level public space with the overriding theme of water-based plants
exhibited through naturally created water bodies and sarovarams.
The proposal highlighted the centrality of water. A big
Padmasarovaram in the centre in combination with smaller ponds
and activity spaces would be arranged around these with connecting
walking trails.
About 80 per cent of the area located for the project is marshy and
low-lying, adjacent to one of the most scenic and important water
channels serving the city.
The space was meant to have shaded niches to sit, play area for
children, kiosks, a theatre for children and multipurpose grounds.
The project was envisaged as financially sustaining through rentals
of the multipurpose spaces and kiosks for commercial operations.
Apart from these sources of income, the planners also envisaged the
possibility of selling flowers grown in the water bodies on a selective
basis.