n the end, it was Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who came up trumps. The Latin Catholic church had led a 138-day protest by the fisherfolk against the Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd, the Rs 7,525 crore deepwater container transhipment port project by the Adani Group, raising issues like sea erosion (through dredging for the port) affecting livelihoods and destroying homes of the fishing community, as well as compensation for those displaced. However, an orgy of violence on November 27
