Latest News from India - Opposition sees conspiracy on stalling of Vizhinjam project

divspan class=BodyText readability=8Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran Marxist and Opposition Leader in state Assembly V S Achuthanandan has alleged that the state government was in connivance with the Tourism Resort lobby to sabotage the Vizhinjam seaport project.pIn a statement here, he claimed the present government had frozen steps initiated by the earlier LDF Government to check activities of Resort Lobby as it wanted to give concessions to it./ppReferring to complaints by those opposing the project about laying of an approach road to the project-site allegedly in violation of environment norms, Achuthananandan said there was nothing wrong in constructing the road./ppThe government should have taken action against the illegal resorts and their construction activities, he said./ppCPI-M general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan also criticised the government for its 'soft approach' towards the 'resort mafia.'/ppHe said the complaints of resort groups were coming at a time when the Ministry of Environment and Forests was considering the state's application for environmental clearance.br /PTI/p/span/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center