Kerala can go ahead with Vizhinjam tender, says Tribunal

The southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has allowed the Kerala government to go ahead with tenders for the Vizhinjam international seaport and container terminal project.

Official sources said the Tribunal made the observation while hearing an appeal challenging the environmental clearance given to the project by the UPA-2 government.

Vizhinjam International Seaports, the company that is piloting the project, may proceed ahead with the tender procedures initiated by it to select a port operator.

Meanwhile, the Tribunal has posted the next hearing in the case against the project to July 1, sources said.

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