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This is an archive article published on July 29, 2016
Kerala CM Vijayan to meet PM Modi on TN port clearance issue
Vijayan left for Delhi along with state Ports Minister Kadanapally Ramachandran on Thursday evening.
Pinarayi Vijayan and PM in New Delhi, earlier in May 2016.(PTI Photo)
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to discuss among other things the state’s concern over the Centre’s recent decision to give clearance to Colachel port in Tamil Nadu.
Vijayan left for Delhi along with state Ports Minister Kadanapally Ramachandran on Thursday evening. Kerala has expressed concern over the decision saying it would adversely affect Vizhinjam port, the construction work of which has already begun here.
Colachel port is hardly 30 km from Vizhinjam and the issue had been taken up at the state assembly also. The minister’s office said the state would inform the Prime Minister about the need to protect the Rs 7,000 crore Vizhinjam port project, one of the most ambitious projects taken up by the government.
The objecive of the Colachel port is to attract large ships that now dock either in Colombo or Singapore. Political figures like former CM VS Achuthanandan had voiced concerns over the Centre clearing the Colachel port saying that it would be dangerous for the Rs 7,525 crore Vizhinjam port projrct being developed by the Adani group. The move has also been opposed from within Colachel itself by villagers who fear that the building of a new port will lead to land acquisition.
The newly cleared port is set to be built in Enayam, a village 10km north of Colachel’s fishing harbour.
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