The State government has dug its heels in on the position that the administration and Adani group will forge ahead with the construction of the Vizhinjam port despite escalating protests by the Thiruvananthapuram Latin Catholic archdiocese-backed coastal community.
The government laid its cards in the Assembly on Tuesday while rejecting an Opposition motion to adjourn the House to discuss the government's failure to rehabilitate fishers displaced by the mega project. However, the administration said it was open to discussions with the protestors.
The diocese's increasingly strident demand to halt the breakwater construction and conduct an environmental and social impact study before executing the scheme had prompted the United Democratic Front (UDF) motion.
