Summary:
more-inAnother bout of protest against the upcoming cooking gas storage and receiving complex on Puthuvype island is in the offing with the Puthuvype LPG Terminal Virudha Janakiya Samara Samithy (People’s Combine Against the Puthuvype LPG Terminal) deciding to hold a dharna by ‘mothers’ before the State Secretariat on Monday. Work on the project has been stopped since February 2017 when an indefinite protest was launched by the islanders. Indian Oil Corporation has said that the project had all the statutory clearances and was given the go-ahead by the National Green Tribunal. Speaking for the protesters, Mr.
Jayaghosh said they did not want the storage facility on the island as it posed a threat to the lives of people in the nearby area. Jayaghosh said a protest meeting held on Sunday was inaugurated by vicar of St.
Sebastian’s Church Fr..