The ambitious ₹53,031 crore expansion plan of the Adani group’s Kattupalli port in northern Chennai is back in the limelight with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to organise a public hearing on September 5.The hearing was to be held on January 22, 2021 but was deferred indefinitely due to the Covid pandemic.
In the last couple of years, the expansion plan has been marred by protests by the local population, including a large number of fishermen, opposing the plan stating it would destroy their livelihood.
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