In the middle of the growing protest against the slow progress of removing the collected sand from the mouth of the port canal Muthalapozhi, the state government explained on Tuesday that it does not allow anyone to whip tension in the coastal area. Minister of Labor V. Sivankutty and Minister of Food and Civic Deliveries GR Anil accused the conspiracy in the region to deliberately create tensions in the fishing village of Muthalapozhi.
The removal of sand is already in progress in the mouth of the port, where the accumulation of sandstones has caused fishing vessels unable to pass through a treacherous channel. Currently, four excavators, excavators, tips, etc. are pushed into operation to remove the accumulated sand. In addition, two more excavators will soon reach the site. The big Dredger, which was brought from Kannura, has already passed Bepore and will soon arrive.
The decision to remove the sand was taken at the ministers meeting and the state is of the opinion that there should be situations where fishing does not prevent the accumulation of sand. In the middle of this development, the section including fishermen and their representatives are trying to create problems in the region by organizing protests in the coastal village, the ministers said.
The development of the port
Sandbar will be urgently removed because any delay at the opening of Sandbar will lead to a flood situation in five Panchayats in the case of rain. It is also important that the state government implemented the CRORE 177 CRORE project for the development of the Muthalapozhi fishing port.
The Union’s government has already approved the project and the state has entered the procedures of the selection procedure. The international developer of the Vishinjam Group, which signed an agreement with the Harbor engineering department for excavating the navigation channel of the port, recently concluded its work after its contract.
The problem in the port of Muthalapozhi will become more complicated with the advent of the southwestern monsoon, which worsens the coastal erosion along the region with the harsh sea that coast of the coast. The main problem in the navigation channel is the huge perennial storage of sand brought by waves. If the navigation channel has now closed the navigation channel now, during the monsoon period, the deposition of sand on the mouth and inside the channel it is shallow, resulting in breaking waves and repeated accidents related to fishing vessels. When the channel becomes shallow, the height of the waves naturally increases, making it difficult to navigate fishing vessels.
Published – April 22 2025 9:06
