Authorities have issued stop memos to over a dozen houseboats and motorboats in Alappuzha in the past two months after they were found operating flouting norms.
The Kerala Maritime Board (KMB) and Tourism police have been jointly conducting inspections on vessels including houseboats and shikhara boats in the Alappuzha backwaters for the past several months. It intensified checks in recent times in the wake of the Tanur boat tragedy.
The boats impounded during the period include 13 houseboats and seven motorboats. The vessels of operators who failed to produce relevant documents were shifted to the detention yard at Aryad.
