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Why Keralites are protesting Adani's $900 million 'Vizhinjam port'?

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Adani Group's multi-billion-dollar plans to build the Vizhinjam International Transhipment Deepwater Multipurpose Port in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, is marred with controversies following the protests by fisherfolk. The $900 million (Rs. 7,525 crore) project will be India's first transshipment port, potentially disrupting the present maritime trade by providing a flexible and cost-effective alternative.