More than 80 people were wounded in India as villagers protesting against the construction of Adani Group’s US$900m Vizhinjam Port project clashed with police in Kerala state, according to Reuters.
The protests are the latest escalation in a months-long strike led by a mostly Christian fishing community, causing work on the port to cease.
While Adani has hoped to develop Vizhinjam as a transhipment hub, construction has been halted for more than three months, with the locals having blocked the entrance to the site by erecting a 1,200 sq ft shelter.
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