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Vizhinjam port to be commissioned in May 2024, says Minister

Minister for Ports Ahammad Devarkovil on Wednesday said the commissioning of the first phase of the international container transshipment port at Vizhinjam could be done in May 2024.

The Hindu

Only 55% of Vizhinjam port work completed; commissioning in May unlikely

Though the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) is hopeful of completing the much-touted and delayed international container transshipment port at Vizhinjam by May 2024, it is unlikely given the current pace of the port work.

The Hindu

Rupala reviews progress of work on Vizhinjam port

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala visited Vizhinjam on Monday and reviewed the progress of work on the international seaport project as part of the Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase VII.

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Indian Coast Guard organises beach cleanup drive in Thiruvananthapuram

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Sunday held a cleanup drive at a beach near Vizhinjam here, as part of observing the World Ocean Day and collected nearly 150 kilograms of garbage.

The Hindu

Vizhinjam Port: govt. nod to import cranes, port equipment from China

The construction of Vizhinjam international seaport has received a major shot in the arm with the State government granting permission for the import of large cranes and other equipment required for the operation of the port from China.

The Hindu

How Kerala and Delhi media covered the protest against Adani’s Vizhinjam port project

After four and a half months, Kerala’s fisherfolk on Wednesday “temporarily halted” their protest against the expansion of the Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram. The fisherfolk fear the Rs 7,525-crore project, controversially awarded to a Gautam Adani company by the previous Congress-led state government in 2015, will ruin their ecology, livelihoods…

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Protests called off at Adani's south India port, for now

Protests were temporarily called off at Adani's Vizhinjam seaport in the southern Indian state of Kerala after more than four months of agitation, a protest leader said on Tuesday, but demands to halt port construction were not met.

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'Violence at Vizhinjam Port': No NIA probe now, says Kerala HC

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the violent incidents that occurred in the vicinity of the construction site of Vizhinjam International Seaport last week.

The Times of India

Indian state will proceed 'no matter what' with protest-hit Adani port-minister

India's Kerala state will proceed "no matter what" with a $900 million port project and is open to deploying federal police if needed to protect it from protesters blocking construction, a government minister told Reuters on Saturday.

Reuters

Hindu group to march for Adani port project in India amid Christian protests

A Hindu group close to India's ruling party will on Wednesday march in support of a $900 million port project by the Adani Group which has been stalled by Christian protesters, as tensions rise after clashes in which 80 people were injured.

Reuters

Indian tycoon Adani's mega port hangs in the balance as a fishing community protests

On the main road to billionaire Gautam Adani's planned Vizhinjam mega port on the southern tip of India, a shelter built by the coastal region's Christian fishing community blocks the entrance, preventing further construction.

Reuters

Vizhinjam protest should be withdrawn, says fishermen’s union

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State invites Adani group for discussions on way ahead for Vizhinjam project

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Vizhinjam port: Remove protestors' shed immediately, orders Kerala HC

KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Friday ordered for immediately removing the shed put up by protestors obstructing the road to the project site for Vizhinjam International Seaport.

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Vizhinjam row: Church-led action council to conduct parallel study

Action council not happy with the four-member panel appointed by the Kerala government to study the port project’s link to coastal erosion

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Expert panel to study the impact of Vizhinjam port construction on coastal erosion

While constituting the panel, the state government noted in its order that neither the Expert Committee or Shoreline Monitoring Cell appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that the construction has caused any erosion

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Coastal erosion not driven by Vizhinjam port, says researcher

U.S. -based academic’s study, which attributed erosion to the natural seaward jutting of certain places, has come in for criticism from those demanding a halt to the port construction

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Vizhinjam protests: Talks between government, action council remain inconclusive

Kerala government firm on its stand that port construction cannot be halted

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Vizhinjam Protest: Shashi Tharoor urges Govt to not use force

Though the continued obstruction of access to the port site is problematic, he called on the government to resolve the problem through negotiation

The Hindu

24-hr protest fast begin at Vizhinjam

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Vizhinjam: Tension prevails as fishermen, local residents stage protest in front of port

Civil police officer injured in melee

The Hindu

Dissent brewing against Vizhinjam fishermen’s strike

TCCI says there is a conspiracy behind the protests

The Hindu

Rally expressing solidarity with Vizhinjam agitation

‘Janabodhana Yatra’ to begin from Moolampilly

The Hindu

Rahul to lay stress on regional issues in Kerala

Congress leader set to meet Vizhinjam and SilverLine agitators

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Human chain in Kochi against Vizhinjam project

Halt to construction works demanded

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