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Chavara is a village in Karunagappally taluk, Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is a part of Kollam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The current MLA of the Chavara constituency is Dr. Sujith Vijayan Pillai of the LDF.
Location and tourism
Chavara is situated on the shores of the Arabian sea and the major freshwater lake in Kerala, Ashtamudi, which flows through it. Chavara has many lakes and lagoons including Sasthamkota Lake. Popular tourist destinations are Kattilmekkathil Devi Temple, St Andrew's Church, Kovilthottam, Kottankulangara Devi Temple , Kovilthottam beach and lighthouse as well as the area around Ashtamudi lake.[2]
Industries
The village has a high supply of mineral sand, mainly titanium in its beaches. For the processing of titanium, India's first titanium sponge plant (TSP) was developed by KMML (Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd) here, inaugurated in 2011 by the then Defence Minister of India, AK Antony . IRE (Indian Rare Earths Ltd) is another public sector unit located in Chavara.[3] Kerala Premo Pipes a govt company (under KWA) in Chavara has been lying closed for the past 18 years. The Premo pipe factory which started production in 1961 and was closed in 1997 following adverse market conditions. Though an MOU was signed between KWA and HLL in the year 2011 for starting PVC pipes, it is yet to be materialized.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Assembly Constituencies — Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ↑ Constituency. Ministry of Labour, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- ↑ News Archives:(2011-02-28). Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/2011/02/09/Todays-paper-kollam Template:Deadlink