Summary:
The steel and stone approaches to the piling jetty of the upcoming Vizhinjam International Deep water seaport that got damaged in the high waves halting the workmore-inThe construction of berths (jetty) of the upcoming Vizhinjam International Multipurpose Deepwater Seaport has been hit after high waves damaged the temporary steel and stone approaches from the operating platform to the jack-up platform. The temporary access used to approach permanent structures got dislodged from the mainland in the high waves that hit the Vizhinjam coast for the last two days. Minister for Ports and Museums, Kadannappally Ramachandran and Mayor V.
K.
Prasanth, who reached Vizhinjam to attend a CSR function of Adani Group, along with the Managing Director and CEO of Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) Jayakumar visited the site on Wednesday evening. The construction of berths has come to a halt. Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Ltd (AVPPL), the private multi-port operator entrusted to build superstructure and operate the seaport, said the workers in the jack-up platform and construction site have been moved to safer place, leaving behind the equipment on the jetty..