<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Vizhinjam Port</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><strong>CONTEXT:</strong> The fisherfolk and their families have been protesting at the under-construction Vizhinjam port for the past several months.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><h3 class="ql-align-justify">About</h3><ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Vizhinjam is a port under construction by the <strong>Arabian Sea at Trivandrum</strong> in India.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">There are three phases, with a view to catering to passengers, containers and other clean cargo.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The port has a natural water depth of more than 20m within a nautical mile from the coast and would be of significant importance in the maritime development of the country as well as the state of Kerala.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The port is currently being developed by Adani Ports Private Limited in a landlord model with a<strong> Public Private Partnership (PPP) </strong>component on a design, <strong>build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT)</strong> basis.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Vizhinjam is proposed to be a<strong> transhipment port.</strong></li></ul><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><h3 class="ql-align-justify">Concern</h3><ul><li class="ql-align-center">As per the fisherfolk protesting against the Vizhinjam port project, the development work has increased coastal erosion along the coast of Thiruvananthapuram.&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center">PRELIMS NOTES:<a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 163, 224);">CLICK HERE</a></h1>