Nine control rooms have been set up along the water bodies to monitor the boating operations. Boating had resumed at select places (12-seater boats) in the State in January this year. Pavan Kumar said about 170 boats, including 50 owned by the corporation, would resume operations in the sea, reservoirs, rivers and other water bodies soon. Two APTDC boats will be operated in the Godavari on the same route, where the demand during ‘Kartika maasam’ will be high,” he added. Suryanarayana said expert swimmers would be kept at the control rooms along the Godavari in West Godavari district.

Source: The Hindu November 15, 2020 19:53 UTC