https://ift.tt/t0WjTUf resistance to Kattupalli Port expansion spotlights broken promises

Under the revised plan, the port will be developed on a total area of 6,110 acres, including 1,967 acres to be reclaimed from the sea. The reclamation, fishermen say, would gravely affect their livelihood. The Pollution Control Board announced that a hearing on the ₹53,031-crore mega port was to be held on September 5. Days later, the district authorities put it off. But fishers’ apprehensions remain 

from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tBVDcqu