"Vizhinjam Seaport Sparks Fear among Locals, Environmentalists over Coastal Erosion", 25 August 2022

The construction of the port began in 2015 when the Kerala cabinet awarded the port and deep-water container transshipment terminal to Adani Ports and SEZ, the sole bidder. Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) is a special purpose government company (fully owned by Government of Kerala) that acts as an implementation agency

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The project has faced opposition from environmental activists, local fishermen and the tourism industry. They allege that the port would cause largescale coastal erosion. In 2016, two environmental activists in Thiruvananthapuram filed a plea at the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the port. But the NGT refused to cancel the environment clearance, although it later allowed a review plea to be filed.

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Local fisherfolk allege that their access to the sea has been blocked since the commencement of the project. Going by the experience of fishing communities near other ports, they fear that they will be pushed further away from the sea and will lose access to more of their fishing grounds if the port is completed.

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In October 2017, local people protested against the delayed compensation. On October 30, 2018, fisherfolk from Vizhinjam joined their counterparts in a countrywide protest to oppose the shipping corridor. There are 18,000 cases seeking rehabilitation and compensation were being filed by August 2019