The long-awaited renovation of 11 Chinese fishing nets that dot the Fort Kochi beachfront has been set in motion.
The ₹2.44-crore project of Kerala Tourism to renovate the cantilever nets that are said to have been brought here by the Portuguese had been caught in red tape for over five years.
The ferrying of 220 teak logs from the forests to Fort Kochi earlier this year brought solace to fishermen, who had been forced to rely on steel pipes to support the nets due to non-availability of lengthy teak logs. This had caused concern among tourists who arrived in Fort Kochi primarily to view the nets being pulled by around half a dozen fishermen.
