As the day marked 100-days of protest, the protestors at Vizhinjam took their resistance a step ahead while encircling the project area of the construction of sea port and demanded an immediate end to construction work.
The Vizhinjam Samara Samithi, comprising fisherfolks in the area backed by the Latin church, burnt their boats and threw police barricades into the sea.
The protesters have been alleging that the unscientific construction of groynes, the artificial sea walls as part of the upcoming Vizhinjam port, was one of the reasons for the increasing coastal erosion.
For the unversed, Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) received environmental clearance (EC) from the Ministry of Environment and Forest in January 2014, which prescribed the course of action, environmental management, monitoring and reporting during the construction and operation of the port.
