Onmanorama Lite App
Set up in 2018 using local area development funds allocated by the then-Palakkad MP M B Rajesh, this was the town’s very first open-air gym, with its upkeep entrusted to the municipality.
Established two years ago, a Kanjoor open-air gym built for ten lakh rupees is now neglected and overgrown with weeds. Jurisdictional disputes between local panchayats hinder maintenance, raising safety concerns over hidden venomous snakes.
Following public complaints, Palakkad municipal authorities confirmed that the Fort Maidan open gym, closed for extensive renovations costing 3.5 lakh rupees, will reopen next week under a permanent maintenance system.
Dr Ramdas Nayak H, Senior Consultant and Head of Cardiac Sciences at Mar Sleeva Medicity, Palai, sheds light on the steps to take before joining a workout regime.
The Kottammaidanam open gym is being refurbished with new equipment, costing 3.94 lakh rupees, and is set to reopen next week.
The college authorities claim that the modern fitness centre is the first of its kind in a government medical college in Kerala.
When Ramesh competes in the international arm-wrestling championship in New Delhi in October representing India, Sriprasad will accompany his father as coach.
At present, around ten women in the 35 to 50 age group regularly visit the gym for workouts, even though a trainer has not yet been appointed.
The previous panchayat administration had spent ₹5 lakh on the gym equipment.
The gym serves as a living lesson in how a public institution can be safeguarded and carried forward with vision.
Results 1-10 of 41
