The Kerala Government Monday said construction of the much-awaited Vizhinjam International Seaport near here would be completed in a “time-bound manner” though cyclone Ockhi and floods had adversely affected the pace of the multi-crore project.
The acute shortage of granite has also hit the project but district collectors were entrusted to take urgent steps to resolve the issue, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the state Assembly. He was replying to a question raised by opposition UDF legislators regarding the Rs 7,525 crore-seaport project.
However, the CM was not ready to specify whether the project could meet the proposed deadline of December 4 this year. “Ockhi cyclone and the floods had affected the project adversely. There was a scarcity of granite. But, steps have been taken to make it available and district collectors have been entrusted with the task,” he said. “There is no need for any anxiety that the project will be delayed. It will be completed in a time-bound manner,” Vijayan added.