The Right to Information in local governments in Kerala state was in force since 1962, at a time when the right was not well established anywhere in our country. It was as per the Kerala Panchayats(Custody of records and Grant of Copies of Proceedings or Records) Rules 1962 formulated as per the Kerala Panchayat Act 1960. The provisions of the statute, were further refined as part of the amendment of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act in 1999, as per the recommendations of the S B Sen Committee, with refined provisions.

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The Kerala Verma Valiya Koyil Thampuran has depicted Varkala and its tunnels as a landmark in the poem “MayooraSandesam”. The Municipality formed in May 1980, Varkala is a Grade-III Municipality and M.N Thyagarajan was the first Municipal Chairman . Edava, Elakamon, Chemmaruthy, Cherunniyoor and Vettoor are the panchayaths adjacent to Varkala Municipality.At a distance of 40 km from Thiruvanathapuram by train, Varkala is accessible by road and rail. Varkala is at a distance of 18 km from Attingal by road.