[Reader-list] Sub-sea pipeline at Kayamkulam opposed

[T Peter]

Sub-sea pipeline at Kayamkulam opposed
 http://www.thehindu.com/2011/05/12/stories/2011051251830500.htm

Staff Reporter

KOLLAM: Members of the Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation
(KSMTF) have opposed the move to link the Kayamkulam thermal power
plant with the Kochi LNG terminal through a sub-sea pipeline.

In a statement here on Wednesday, KSMTF State unit president T. Peter
said that fishermen would organise a convention in Alappuzha on June 4
to chart out the agitation plan against the pipeline.

The pipeline is meant for pumping natural gas from Kochi to the
Kayamkulam plant. Through this process, the Kayamkulam plant will be
able to switch over from naphtha to natural gas as fuel which in turn
will enable the 350 MW plant to be upgraded into a 1,400 MW plant.

Mr. Peter said the pipeline, which would have a 90 km sub-sea course,
would cause several problems in the fishing sector. Work for laying
the pipeline would cause serious environmental problems in the sea bed
which could lead to depletion of sea wealth, thereby affecting the
livelihood of fishermen, he said.

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