Vicar general lends support to protest

Thiruvananthapuram:

Msgr Yujin H Perera

, vicar general, Latin archdiocese, visited the protest venue of fishermen federation and

Kisan Sabha

in front of Trivandrum domestic airport terminal at Shangumugham against

Vizhinjam

port project on Tuesday to proclaim his support.He said the demands being raised by the protesters are reasonable and the government should take steps to accept the demand and conclude the strike. He said former archbishop M

Soosa Pakiam

had expressed reservations regarding the project when the

DPR

was published in public domain; however the government did not pay heed and went ahead with the project.The indefinite protest is being held demanding cancellation of the port project and intervention of the state in mitigation measures for coastal erosion. TNN