This project has Offended the religious sentiments of Millions of Indians who believe in the existense of the bridge and consider it sacred. The possibility of such a bridge having existed has been brushed aside without much scientific evidence. Rameshwaram is the amongst most the visited shrines in India, and sethu is one of the holy sites within Rameshwaram - visited by thousands of pilgrims everyday.
The following is from an interview with Captain H Balakrishnan on rediff
Continuing our series on the Sethu Samudram Shipping Canal Project, Shobha Warrier speaks to Captain (retired) H Balakrishnan of the Indian Navy to know a mariner's view of the project. Captain Balakrishnan has been associated with the navy for 32 years.
He was one of the first batch of three Indian naval officers to do specialisation in anti-submarine warfare in the erstwhile USSR Naval War College.
Out of interest, he did a study on the Sethu Samudram Shipping Canal Project from a mariner's point of view. Ever since the series appeared in the Indian Express, the captain has been much sought after for his interesting calculations.
Why did you get interested in the Sethu Samudram Shipping Canal Project?
I don't belong to any political party. It was purely a mariner's interest that made me research the project. There were many reports and statements in the media but I found that the mariner's point of view was not talked about at all. It is sad that even today the entire discourse on the
