Beach festival arrives at Suvali

Surat:

Suvali beach festival was inaugurated on Sunday evening with lots of fun and temporary job opportunities for locals. This is for the first time that Suvali beach festival is being organized by Gujarat Tourism

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which so far had held seven beach festivals along the state’s 1600km coastline. Suvali

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which lies 20km from Surat city

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was never a festival venue

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but things changed soon. Suvali beach festival is being supported by Surat district administration. It was inaugurated Surat District Panchayat president Suresh Patel.

“This year, the month-long festival is being organized at Tithal, Mandvi, Dwarka, Madhavpur, Somnath, Gopnath and Suvali,” said Nirav Munshi, manager, tours and travel, Gujarat Tourism.

There will be food, craft, adventure and water sports zones during the festival. Children’s activity area has also been set up. There would be cultural programmes and activities daily for the recreation and entertainment of the people. Local people of Suvali and nearby villages would get a lot of employment opportunities.

“We have communicated with local hoteliers and best facility will be provided to customers,” Munshi said.

Security strengthened at Suvali beach

Surat: Suvali is considered one of the most dangerous beaches in the country because of a number of deaths here in the past two decades.

“We have strengthened security. We have also installed signage on the beach for the benefit of people. This is to caution people about certain things in view of the past history of the place. Safety of people remains our top priority,” said Munshi.

Olpad MLA Mukesh Patel told TOI, “I have got a dredging scheme at a cost of Rs7.5 crore approved for the spot where people get trapped when they ventured out into the sea at Suvali. The project would be launched soon to minimize any danger to people.”