India, Jan. 20 -- Thousands of fisherfolk, farmers and residents of Vadhavan, Dahanu and neighbouring villages marched for four kilometres to the Palghar district collector's office on Monday morning to protest against the proposed Vadhavan Port project, which they say will destroy livelihoods, agriculture and the fragile coastal ecology of the Dahanu-Vadhavan region.

The protest began around 10 am, with over 10,000 people walking from Palghar station to the collectorate, raising slogans against the port and demanding that the project be scrapped. Representatives of fishing unions, farmers' groups and local organisations later submitted a detailed letter outlining their objections and legal concerns to the district administration.

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