Even as the protest against the Vizhinjam port by fishermen led by the Latin Archdiocese, Thiruvananthapuram, continued for the eighth day on Tuesday, an all-party meeting convened by the District Collector failed to end the stand-off between them and authorities.
The meeting, chaired by Minister V. Sivankutty, urged to maintain law and order at the project site.
Soon after the meeting, representatives of the fishermen criticised the government and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Speaking to mediapersons, Fr. Theodacious D’cruz of the Latin Archdiocese, said the fishermen would not end the stir without stopping the construction works of the port. The Chief Minister had failed to understand the reality and Ministers were ridiculing them, he said.
