Posted on 04 Dec 2013
The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for projects relating to infrastructure development and Coastal Regulation Zone has recommended the accordance of environmental clearance for the Rs.5,000-crore...
Posted on 01 Aug 2013
Excavations by a team of archaeologists over three years have unearthed artefacts indicating that Vizhinjam, site for the proposed international container transhipment terminal, could have been one of the earliest port towns along the south Kerala...
Posted on 26 Apr 2013
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that a time frame is being set for each procedure for the Vizhinjam International Seaport project. There is no question of more modifications to the port model.
After inaugurating the long-awaited water...
Posted on 29 Jun 2013
As the draft report on the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Vizhinjam port project faces a public hearing on Saturday, environmentalists are not happy with the manner in which the report has projected the impact of the port on Vizhinjam.
In...
Posted on 31 May 2013
The first stage of the Vizhinjam International Seaport will have berthing facilities not only for big container ships, but for the Indian Navy and the Coastguard, besides a cruise terminal, Ports Minister K. Babu has said.
Addressing a press...
Posted on 21 Nov 2013
The State government will tender an apology to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for constructing a road for the proposed Vizhinjam port without clearance under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations.
Complaints had gone...
Posted on 16 Nov 2013
M. Vijayakumar, former Minister, has urged the State government to act immediately on the report it has received from the Director General of Police informing that “a group of people from the State conspired with certain high officials in New...
Posted on 04 Nov 2013
Vizhinjam Motherport Action Samithi, a society campaigning for the container transhipment port proposed to be built at Vizhinjam near here, has contested the arguments of those who oppose the project citing its ‘unviability.’
In a statement...
Posted on 30 Oct 2013
An expert committee constituted by the Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority (KSCZMA) has detected major violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms on the Mulloor-Pulinkudi stretch of the Thiruvananthapuram coast.
Most of the...
Posted on 15 Nov 2012
The multi-thousand-crore Vizhinjam deepwater port and international container transhipment terminal project crossed a major milestone, with the two bidder consortiums getting the all-clear from the Union Ministry of Defence.
Earlier, the...
Posted on 01 Apr 2013
The Association of Tour Operators and Travel Agencies of Europe has urged Kerala Tourism to intervene to get the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vizhinjam relocated for the benefit of tourism industry.
Besides...
Posted on 18 Apr 2013
The work on the Rs.4,000-crore Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram is likely to start by the end of the year or early 2014, the State government has said.
“We are almost through with the...
Posted on 15 Mar 2013
Former Ports Minister M. Vijayakumar has accused the State government of being party to a conspiracy by an international ports lobby and the Planning Commission against the Vizhinjam international deepwater multipurpose seaport...
Posted on 26 Oct 2012
Minister for Ports K. Babu has said that the draft report of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) study for the Vizhinjam international seaport project will be published and submitted for public hearing by December.
Addressing reporters...
Posted on 25 Oct 2012
The district committee of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has urged Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to convene an all-party meeting to discuss issues relating to the setting up of the Vizhinjam port.
In a memorandum submitted to Mr. Chandy here on...
