Vizhinjam protest against Adani port called off after 138 days

Govt has already told agitators that construction work won't be stopped, but is said to have accepted all their demands

Protests by fisherfolk against the Adani Vizhinjam International Seaport project were called off on Tuesday, after a span of 138 days.

The government has already informed the protestors that construction work at the port site will not be stopped. It has reportedly accepted all the demands of the protestors. A monitoring committee was formed with the chief secretary as its head to ensure that all the demands of the protestors are met.

Fr Eugene Pereira, a face of the anti-port struggle in Vizhinjam, said that people have not been informed about the coastal erosion likely to be caused by the