Protests, launch of cleanliness projects mark Gandhi Jayanti Day in Kochi

Residents who were evicted from Moolampilly organized a candlelight protest near the Gandhi Statue to bring attention to the authorities’ failure to provide Port Trust employment to those displaced for the ICTT project at Vallarpadam. On Gandhi Jayanti, various events were held in the city including the launch of a ‘Clean District’ project and protests against government neglect. The inauguration of the ‘Malinya Mukta Nava Keralam’ campaign aimed at making Kerala the cleanest state. Additionally, the first green campus in the state was declared, and Congress and BJP leaders paid their respects to Mahatma Gandhi.