Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the state government to provide police protection to Adani Ports’ under-construction Vizhinjam port project that is facing protests.

The court said the protesters should not trespass into the port premises and that they should agitate peacefully outside it. The construction work should not be obstructed, it added.

The order came on a plea by Adani Ports, which is constructing the Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram, seeking protection and alleging that the police and the government were not taking action.