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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Jose Devasia

Adani's $900 million Indian port build restarts as villagers end protest

FILE PHOTO: Private security guards stand near an entrance of the proposed Vizhinjam Port in the southern state of Kerala, India, November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Munsif Vengattil/File Photo

Construction on a $900 million port in Kerala, southern India resumed on Thursday after protesters from a mainly Christian fishing village ended a blockade of the Adani Group site.

The port has strategic importance for both India and Adani's owner Gautam Adani, an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as on completion it will be the country's first container transhipment hub, rivalling Dubai, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

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