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STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF SETHUSAMUDRAM CHANNEL PROJECT
ASSUMPTION
1. Presently the Sethusamudram Channel Project has been put on hold; but in this service paper presumes that this project is still being implemented.
INTRODUCTION
2. As a peninsular, India has a long coast line of 3,554 nautical miles and the maritime trade had been existed with various countries of the world for more than 3000 years. Similarly the shipping trade between the East and West coasts of India has prevailed for a long time. However, the Indian coast does not have a continuous navigable sea lane connecting the East and West coasts. Consequently the ships which require navigating between East and West coasts of India have to circumnavigate around Sri Lanka. Because of the existing water way between India and Sri Lanka in the Gulf of Mannar (GOM) and Palk Strait is shallow at many places. Further, a sand stone reef called Adams Bridge at Pamban near Rameswaram between the southeastern Coasts of India and Talaimannar of Sri Lanka also obstructs the movement of large shipping vessels.
3. The idea of the Sethusamudram Channel Project (SSCP) is nearly 150 years old, and it has been proposed since the British Colonial periods. This canal was to run through the Palk Strait and the GOM connecting the Eastern and Western coasts of South India. The project was started on 2nd July 2005. The project has been put on hold since the Tamil Nadu Government has pleaded with the Supreme Court as it would be adversely effect on marine biodiversity and a national monument of Ram Sethu (Adam’s Bridge).
4. The significance of this project is that the project could influence the national security of both India and Sri Lanka and also it influences ...
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