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Life's earnings lost, Kerala planter rues decision to start tourism project

December 11, 2023

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The Morning Standard

EVEN as the state government plans to grant industry status to plantations to promote agrofarming and tourism, a Thiruvananthapuram resident who lost his lifetime earnings after taking up a plantation tourism project in Kerala has a word of caution.

Life's earnings lost, Kerala planter rues decision to start tourism project

“I am ruined, I have lost everything. My mistake was starting a plantation tourism project, after accepting a proposal of the tourism department. I learnt the hard lesson that if a government official chooses, he can ruin your life,” said Kurian E Kalathil, owner of Ponmudy Tea Plantations in Thiruvananthapuram.

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