The Whole Sethu Canal Project is a scheme to deceive Southern TamilNadu of any investment. Most Non Tamilians here seem to be ignorant of the local politics of TN , which is what is playing the whole issue. The Present TN Govt believes in investing only in and around Chennai and totally neglecting other districts. It is a well known fact that DMK has never any interest in Southern Part of the state. The Sethu canal is a cheap scheme meant to cheat some to think that Tuticorin ( a port town in Southern TN) will become next Singapore due to Canal . They dont realise that Sethu Canal is not a Suez canal or a Panama canal and the benefits are heavily overstated. Shipping traffic between Eastern Sea Ports of India and Arabian Sea is very small.