Work On Adani's $900 Million Kerala Port Restarts As Villagers End Protest
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The Adani port in Kerala has strategic importance for India as on completion it will be the country's first container transhipment hub, rivalling Dubai, Singapore and Sri Lanka
Construction on a $900 million port in Kerala resumed today after protesters from a mainly Christian fishing village ended a blockade of the Adani Group site.
The port has strategic importance for India as on completion it will be the country's first container transhipment hub, rivalling Dubai, Singapore and Sri Lanka.
At least 20 construction vehicles drove into the site in Vizhinjam, an Adani official told Reuters, after almost four months of deadlock over the project, which villagers blame for coastal erosion and affecting their livelihoods.
Adani Group, the conglomerate owned by Asia's richest man, says the port complies with all laws and has cited studies that show it is not linked to shoreline erosion, which the Kerala government says is due to natural causes.
