Kerala: Fishermen protest against Adani port project in Vizhinjam | VIDEO

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oi-Madhuri Adnal

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 16:
Hundreds
of
fisherfolk
took
out
a
massive
protest
against
the
Vizhinjam
port
and
the
alleged
neglect
of
their
demands
by
the
LDF
government
commenced
in
the
capital
on
Tuesday
under
the
leadership
of
the
Latin
Archdiocese
with
black
flags
being
hoisted
in
their
churches
and
the
proposed
blocking
of
the
port’s
main
entrance
by
the
protestors.

Monsignor
Eugine
H
Pereira
of
the
Latin
Archdiocese
told
media
that
the
protest
is
being
held
with
the
slogan
‘Vizhinjam
chalo’ and
fisherfolk
from
across
the
state
would
be
arriving
at
the
main
entrance
of
the
port.

Besides
that,
a
bike
rally
would
be
held
by
the
youth,
he
added.

He
said
the
protest
was
not
just
confined
to
the
problems
being
faced
by
members
of
fishing
community
in
Thiruvananthapuram,
as
those
in
Kollam,
Alappuzha,
Kochi
and
other
coastal
areas
were
also
facing
various
issues,
including
coastal
erosion.

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Fishermen
protest
in
Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala
against
ongoing
Adani
port
project
in
Vizhinjam.
They’re
demanding
rehabilitation
&
permanent
solution
for
sea
erosion.
They
allege
that
hundreds
of
acres
of
coastal
land
were
destroyed
when
the
construction
work
started.

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August
16,
2022

Successive
governments
made
various
promises
and
announced
several
relief
packages
and
projects,
but
either
they
were
not
properly
implemented
or
in
some
places
nothing
happened
at
the
ground
level,
the
priest
claimed.

Meet
35-year-old
Kerala
woman
who
loves
her
moustache,
sports
it
proudly

He
alleged
that
the
successive
governments
were
more
interested
in
taking
the
port
project
forward
rather
than
listening
to
what
the
fisherfolk
had
to
say.

He
also
alleged
that
the
contract
with
the
Adani
group
for
construction
of
the
Vizhinjam
port
was
a
”fraud”.

Another
priest
of
the
Latin
Archdiocese
told
reporters
that
the
agitation
was
against
the
government’s
”arrogant
belief” that
they
can
do
anything
in
the
name
of
development
without
taking
into
account
the
plight
or
suffering
of
a
section
of
society.

The
protesters
have
been
alleging
that
the
unscientific
construction
of
groynes,
the
artificial
sea
walls
known
as
”pulimutt’ in
local
parlance,
as
part
of
the
upcoming
Vizhinjam
port
was
one
of
the
reasons
for
the
increasing
coastal
erosion
in
the
district.

Last
week,
hundreds
of
fisherfolk
had
taken
out
a
massive
protest
rally
in
the
state
capital
and
laid
siege
to
the
Secretariat
here
with
boats
and
fishing
nets,
alleging
that
the
Left
government
was
neglecting
their
demands.