Coast not clear for Vizhinjam seaport as fishermen won't bite bait

Experts are of the opinion that a major reason for sea erosion in the area is due to global warming

Protests by a clutch of fishermen in the coastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram, backed by the Latin Catholic church, are casting a shadow on the future of Adani Group’s Rs 7,500-crore Vizhinjam International Seaport. The construction work on the port is now being hit by ‘Vizhinjam Chalo’ protests by the fishermen community.

This comes as a huge blow to the company that has seen delays in project schedule owing to natural disasters like the Cyclone Ockhi in 2017 and Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The company had approached the state government with a revised construction schedule in June this year, based on