Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the government would task a three-member expert committee to study the coastal community's concern that the breakwater construction for the Vizhinjam port had accelerated shoreline erosion, displaced fishers, destroyed the marine environment and rendered widespread loss of livelihood. The committee will submit its report in November.
However, Mr. Vijayan rejected the demand by the Thiruvananthapuram Latin Catholic Archdiocese-backed agitators to halt port construction. He said the environmental assessment study and port construction would go hand-in-hand.
