Kozhikode has officially submitted its final bid for Unesco’s ‘City of Literature’ status with the approval of the Union government. Mayor Beena Philip met with representatives of the Union Ministry for Education and Culture as well as the Sahitya Akademi in Delhi recently to facilitate the approval of the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with Unesco so as to bid for the tag.
Other prominent cities
Kozhikode has been making preparations for the bid for the last two years. It was the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) that proposed the move as part of its plan to develop six cities in the State as ‘Creative Cities’. The Kozhikode Corporation soon sprung into action and contacted the authorities of the world cities that have already won the tag such as Prague in Czech Republic, Krakow in Poland, and Edinburgh in Scotland to study their activities and preparations.
