Sea raid in Chellanam (file photo) Photocredit: H. Vibhu
Residents of the sea-tasted areas of Chellanam Panchayat along the Coastal Erkulam district in Kerala laid siege on the Fort Kochi-Alapuzha State Highway 66 in Kannamaly for the second day to stop traffic on Tuesday (17 June 2025).
A rural boat and logs entered by the waves are used to block the highway. The police deduce traffic on either side of the blockade, leaving the highway by Kannamaly, except the demonstrators.
This follows on the highway blockade for more than two hours on Monday evening after the sea attacks became the worst since the start of the monsoon and looting waves in hundreds of households in Chellanam Panchayat. The spontaneous protest is organized by the residents and not within the consequences of a certain organization. People take to the streets after water in many areas was a hip eye.
“Nearly 2,000 households on 10 departments in the Panchayats continue to be struck, and at least half is flooded. Homosia was the worst in Chellanam Panchayat on Monday, and the situation remains grim today,” said VT Sebastian, General Convener of the Chellanam-Kochi Vedmanente Vedhi, the Die of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Sea of the Zehi Van, Die Van de Zeehi Pres Permanent solution demands in Chellanam in Chellanam in Chellanam in Chellanam in Chellanam.
The Vedhi had to intervene when long queues of vehicles, including buses to and from Alappuzha, were formed on both sides of the blockade on Monday evening. The blockade, which started at 4.30 pm, was canceled around 7 p.m.
Traffic
The blockade resumed on Tuesday around 6 am. Traffic from Chellanam to Thoppumpady
The Kochi and the Allepy Archbisdikes have promised their support to the protest of the people that require a permanent solution for the sea raid. The decision was made during a care Chellanam-Kochi meeting that was convened on Monday by Archdiocese.
Hunger strike by priests
Rallies that declared the decision in the coastal areas on Wednesday (June 18, 2025), followed by a one -day hunger strike by priests in the Thoppumpady Bot Junction on June 20, 2025.
On 30 June, the Chellanam-Kochi Janakeeya Vedhi also called for a Hartal in protest against the delay in the establishment of Tetrapods and Groyne series in the remaining pieces of Chellanam to avert Zergosia.
Published – June 17, 2025 10:06 AM IS
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