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Police to seek custody of history-sheeter from Kanyakumari

The Thiruvananthapuram City police have initiated steps to obtain custody of a history-sheeter who was nabbed by the Kanyakumari police, around two months after he allegedly stole a confiscated motorcycle from the premises of the Vizhinjam police station.

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Govt. seeks to create a neo-knowledge society: Minister

Govt. aims to create neo-knowledge society by providing income & education. Higher Ed Minister R. Bindu inaugurated IHRD's new Arts & Science College. Skill dev. activities helped higher edu. institutions to top national level assessment. Curriculum of high quality & standard, financial support & Pratibha Puraskarm scheme provided. 4% students…

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Coast Guard conducts daring medical evacuation mid sea on foreign vessel off Kochi

The Indian Coast Guard ship, ICGS C-427, set sail from Vizhinjam and after maneuvering the rough seas launched an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) with medical configuration to carry out the mid-sea medical evacuation 110 nautical miles from Kochi.

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Kerala to hold international shipping conclave in October; Vizhinjam port to be commissioned in May

An international shipping conclave will be organised in Thiruvananthapuram in the first week of October to present the industrial potential of Vizhinjam International Port to the global maritime industry, Ports Minister Ahammad Devarkovil has said

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State requests TN to relax restrictions imposed for trucks carrying rocks to Vizhinjam

Close on the heels of the restriction imposed for trucks carrying rocks to the under-construction Vizhinjam port site by Tamil Nadu, the Ports Minister Ahammad Devarkovil has urged Tamil Nadu to review the new restrictions imposed by them.

The Hindu

Successive govts. failed to adopt best strategies to avoid accidents at Muthalapozhi

The latest accident in the Muthalapozhy fishing harbour channel, which claimed four lives, appears to have evoked some knee-jerk reactions. The Kerala government has convened an urgent meeting of various stakeholders, including the Vizhinjam port developer Adani Group, which has signed an agreement with the Harbour Engineering department for dredging…

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Vizhinjam railway tunnel, third longest tunnel in country, to adopt Austrian tunnelling method

The third longest railway tunnel in the country connecting the under-construction Vizhinjam International Seaport being developed by the Adani Port with the railway mainline at Balaramapuram near Thiruvananthapuram will use the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) for undertaking the tunnelling works.

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Construction worker trapped in well for three days found dead

The three-day-long exhaustive operation to rescue a construction worker trapped in a 90-feet-deep well near Vizhinjam culminated in tragedy after his body was pulled out on July 10 (Monday).

The Hindu

Rescue operation under way to save man trapped inside well

A rescue operation is under way to rescue a 55-year-old man who has been trapped in a deep well for nearly two days at Mukkola near Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram

The Hindu

City’s coastal zones to have more relaxed building rules

Even as the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation’s draft master plan 2040 has drawn some amount of criticism, the amendments to the Kovalam – Vizhinjam Area Development Scheme with further rule relaxations in developmental and construction work in the coastal regions have been received positively.

The Hindu

Vizhinjam port gets ISPS code, crew change can be resumed

With the port getting the certification, the passenger and merchant vessels of international shipping lines, which have been giving a miss to the Vizhinjam port since last July, can now call at the port.

The Hindu

Vizhinjam port to be commissioned in May 2024, says Minister

Minister for Ports Ahammad Devarkovil on Wednesday said the commissioning of the first phase of the international container transshipment port at Vizhinjam could be done in May 2024.

The Hindu

Only 55% of Vizhinjam port work completed; commissioning in May unlikely

Though the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) is hopeful of completing the much-touted and delayed international container transshipment port at Vizhinjam by May 2024, it is unlikely given the current pace of the port work.

The Hindu

Rupala reviews progress of work on Vizhinjam port

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala visited Vizhinjam on Monday and reviewed the progress of work on the international seaport project as part of the Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase VII.

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Indian Coast Guard organises beach cleanup drive in Thiruvananthapuram

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Sunday held a cleanup drive at a beach near Vizhinjam here, as part of observing the World Ocean Day and collected nearly 150 kilograms of garbage.

The Hindu

Vizhinjam Port: govt. nod to import cranes, port equipment from China

The construction of Vizhinjam international seaport has received a major shot in the arm with the State government granting permission for the import of large cranes and other equipment required for the operation of the port from China.

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How Kerala and Delhi media covered the protest against Adani’s Vizhinjam port project

After four and a half months, Kerala’s fisherfolk on Wednesday “temporarily halted” their protest against the expansion of the Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram. The fisherfolk fear the Rs 7,525-crore project, controversially awarded to a Gautam Adani company by the previous Congress-led state government in 2015, will ruin their ecology, livelihoods…

Reuters

Protests called off at Adani's south India port, for now

Protests were temporarily called off at Adani's Vizhinjam seaport in the southern Indian state of Kerala after more than four months of agitation, a protest leader said on Tuesday, but demands to halt port construction were not met.

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'Violence at Vizhinjam Port': No NIA probe now, says Kerala HC

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the violent incidents that occurred in the vicinity of the construction site of Vizhinjam International Seaport last week.

Reuters

Indian state will proceed 'no matter what' with protest-hit Adani port-minister

India's Kerala state will proceed "no matter what" with a $900 million port project and is open to deploying federal police if needed to protect it from protesters blocking construction, a government minister told Reuters on Saturday.

Reuters

Hindu group to march for Adani port project in India amid Christian protests

A Hindu group close to India's ruling party will on Wednesday march in support of a $900 million port project by the Adani Group which has been stalled by Christian protesters, as tensions rise after clashes in which 80 people were injured.

Reuters

Indian tycoon Adani's mega port hangs in the balance as a fishing community protests

On the main road to billionaire Gautam Adani's planned Vizhinjam mega port on the southern tip of India, a shelter built by the coastal region's Christian fishing community blocks the entrance, preventing further construction.

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Vizhinjam protest should be withdrawn, says fishermen’s union

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State invites Adani group for discussions on way ahead for Vizhinjam project

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Vizhinjam port: Remove protestors' shed immediately, orders Kerala HC

KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Friday ordered for immediately removing the shed put up by protestors obstructing the road to the project site for Vizhinjam International Seaport.

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