An indefinite stir launched by fishers and backed by farmers at Shangumughom, which sought the State government stop work on the Vizhinjam port project and rehabilitate families left homeless by coastal erosion, entered the second day on Monday.
They have demanded a comprehensive study on the coastal situation and demanded that the families be adequately compensated. The ‘Relay Satyagraha’ was kicked off near the Shangumughom gate of the Thiruvananthapuram domestic airport on Sunday evening.
Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh vice chairman John Joseph, inaugurating the stir, said hundreds of people were left homeless and that was proof enough that the port project was detrimental to the interests of the State.
