CPM and BJP join hands against Vizhinjam strike. CPM district secretary Anavoor Nagappan and BJP district president VV Rajesh lined up together in the long march to the local people's association    secretariat demanding the implementation of the Vizhinjam project.

The local association of Mullur, which was formed recently, has come out against the strike against the demand of the protest committee to proceed with the independent scientific study that stopped the construction of the port in Vizhinjath.

https://www.malabarnews.com/cpm-and-bjp-leaders-on-the-same-platform-against-the-vizhinjam-strike/

Statement Against Malicious Slandering of Activists Who are Fighting Against Adani International Seaport at Vizhinjam, Kerala, India in India *— by Social Movements, Eminent Persons, Social Organisations :  Press Release — 07/11/2022 https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/solidarity-statement-against-malicious-slandering-of-activists-who-are-fighting-against-adani-international-seaport-at-vizhinjam-kerala-india/  The port has resulted in coastal erosion leading to the disappearance of coasts and the destruction of houses in the fishing villages. The dredging in the port will result in the loss of local fishing habitats leading to the destruction of the livelihood of thousands of fishing families and their displacement from the coasts.

Attempts have been made to slander Ms Aleyama Vijayan.

The attempt to portray the struggle as a foreign conspiracy through funding is malicious and an insult to the fishing community. This slander campaign is done together with attempts by vested groups to create communal issues and problems of law and order on the coast, to divide the fishing and host communities in the name of religion.

Journalist hit by arrest warrant due to Adani defamation move
Geoff Law Oct 20, 2022 Extracts  The Adani Group has mounted a defamation case against freelance journalist Ravi Nair ostensibly pertains to 26 tweets, but his hard-hitting contributions to AdaniWatch also feature in Adani’s complaint. ..The Delhi Union of Journalists condemned said ‘these attacks constitute a continuum of attacks and threats to independent journalists and journalism in India today’.

According to the CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists., the Adani Group, which is controlled by Gautam Adani, the fourth richest man in the world, has previously filed defamation suits against journalists including Bodhisatva Ganguli, Pavan Burugula, and Nehal Chaliawala of the Economic Times, Latha Venkatesh and Nimesh Shah of CNBC TV18, freelance journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, news website Newsclick, and the news magazine Economic and Policy Weekly.

Other stories in admin watch.org https://www.adaniwatch.org/india_s_oligarchs_are_face_to_face_as_adani_group_spreads_its_wings 

As government reconsiders ban, Adani forays into beach sand mining  https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/government-reconsiders-ban-adani-forays-beach-sand-mining-168631 

In an apparent U-turn, on May 25 this year, the Ministry of Mines drafted a proposal to allow the return of private companies into the sector by amending the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1975 (MMDR Act) and invited suggestions/comments from various stakeholders including Union ministers, state governments, mining companies and the public. The consultation ended in August this year, and the amendments are expected to be tabled in Parliament as early as in the Winter Session.

A month before the government circulated the draft for public consultation, on 14th and 27th of April , the Adani Group informed Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) about the incorporation of two wholly owned subsidiaries named Alluvial Heavy Minerals Limited in Andhra Pradesh and Puri Natural Resources Limited in Odisha that would process and manufacture beach sand minerals, especially titanium dioxide (TiO2).

019: Govt bans beach sand mining by pvt players for national security reasons.

April 2022: Adani co signals interest in Sand Mining.

May 2022: Proposal to allow pvt players in beach sand mining.