Grant Jepson,42, British National, I have 25 years experience in the boat building and marine engineering,12 years at Sunseeker, Poole, England

I came as a tourist in kerala on 2002 and traveled in a houseboat at Alleppey, it was truly a beautiful experience, it must be preserved (protected)

I did some reaserch on houseboats and met with the Director and Secertary to Govt' Tourism Dpt.To my delight they told me about the new classification scheme for houseboats, after that meeting I had a key Intrest to build the Greenpalmhouseboat in Alleppey,acording the State Government's criteria (requirements).

""The houseboat holidays of Kerala are becoming increasingly popular with domestic as well as international tourists. Consequently the number of houseboats plying the backwaters of Kerala have increased dramatically. So much so that there is an urgent need to evaluate the safety and service standards of houseboats and classify them accordingly. This will be the First steps towards sustaining this unique tourism product""* Govt. Kerala

Greenpalmhouseboat is a unique houseboat, almost 100% pollution free.....My dream is to (show) give some ideas to the people on how to build a houseboat that is totally eco -friendly and look forward to a green and pleasant future in the backwaters.

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