Although the deadline is December, the Adani Group is
trying to complete the commissioning earlier, Vasavan said.The construction of groyne fields (pulimuttu) will be completed by next
month. Of the total 3,000m stretch pulimuttu, work on 2,850m has been
completed. At present, 15 cranes have reached the port and have been installed.
The remaining 17 cranes are expected to reach here by March, he said.
After the first vessel that had reached the port with
cranes in October, four more vessels have anchored at the port with cranes from
China. Land acquisition works are
underway for road connectivity, said the minister after reviewing progress of
the port construction.
The minister clarified that the rehabilitation plan
announced during the Oommen Chandy government would not continue. However, the
government would continue to support the fishing community who had lost their
livelihood in the region, he added.
The grievances raised by the company regarding the
port construction would be resolved amicably. Efforts are made to speed up disbursement of viability gap funds to
the Adani Group, said the minister.
On the delay in getting the security code for the
port, the minister said the port would get the code for international ships to
anchor only after completion of boundary wall work. The minister said necessary
action to resolve the dispute with the Latin Church would be expedited.
The CPM had taken over the port portfolio when former port minister Ahamed Devarkoil had resigned after completing the first half of the LDF term in the government. Though Ramachandran Kadanappally had replaced Devarkoil, the CPM was not ready to hand over the port portfolio to him.
It is learnt that
the CPM took up the port portfolio realizing the significance and the need to
complete the project on time.