Explained: Why fisherfolk in Kerala are protesting Adani’s under-construction Vizhinjam port | Explained News,The Indian Express
The Kerala government’s attempts at placating the angry fishing community at Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram and quelling the widespread protests against the under-construction Vizhinjam seaport have failed so far. A look at why the fisherfolk have dug in their heels
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Explained: Why fisherfolk in Kerala are protesting Adani’s under-construction Vizhinjam port
The Kerala government’s attempts at placating the angry fishing community at Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram and quelling the widespread protests against the under-construction Vizhinjam seaport have failed so far. A look at why the fisherfolk have dug in their heels
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New Delhi | Updated: August 24, 2022 7:26:23 am
Fishers and citizens lay siege to Adani port during their protest against Adani Group's port development project at Vizhinjam, in Thiruvananthapuram, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (PTI Photo)The week-long ongoing protests against the construction of the Adani Group’s Vizhinjam International Transhipment Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram intensified on Monday (August 22), with fisherfolk laying siege to the port from the sea and land.
The fishing community under the leadership of the Catholic Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram has said the protests will continue until all their demands are met. At talks between Fisheries Minister V Abdurahiman and representatives of the archdiocese on August 19, the government agreed to most of the fisherfolk’s demands, but no breakthrough was achieved.
On Tuesday (August 23), Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the Assembly that the protest in some areas seemed “orchestrated”. The government, he said, was ready for talks, and wanted to resolve the concerns faced by the fishing community — however, it could not agree to halting the project.
Fisherfolk’s demands
The biggest demand of the protesters is that the construction of the Rs 7,525-crore deepwater port and container transhipment terminal at Vizhinjam on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram should be stopped and a proper environmental impact study should be carried out.
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