Economically not feasible?
by Jeffrey Mittal on Sep 17, 2007 07:29 AM

This is from a person who works in the field as to the economic justification for this.

Read reasearch and comment not shoot off some gibberish

"An economic analysis of theis project

" Even though they blast off the whole structure, NONE of commercial ship can

pass though it. This ship would be coming again in same route -encircling Sri

Lanka.

- The economic returns will be not equalized even in 80-90 years to the

investment made till now.. as it can only pass small boats and steamers

- The ecological hazard will be more than any return in your national interest

as it will devastate the sea ecology. That can not be undo in any case.

- The digging ship which was bought from Holland is damaged which cost 200

million $ as rock structure is not oceanic

- Kerala will be exposed to Tsunami waves, it was ram setu, which protected it..

And at last but not least- Its matter of faith. Let me ask you a simple question

- would you allow to dig a oil well if petroleum found at Kaba?? though Oil well

can be more in national interest of Saudi Arabia.

For more insights read Indian Express dated 14th Sept. 2007, Hindustan (Hindi)

and Mint of 13th Sept. 2007. You can find how this proposed project is not

feasible from economic point of view as well."

I have been working on the Ram Setu since last two years from Remote Sensing and

GIS perspective.... cont'd below

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