Our Identity, Hindu Asmita and Historic Monument: Like Ayodhya, Somnath, Amarnath, and 12 Jyortilingas, Ram Setu has a special place in our history, its integral to our identity as Hindus. Destruction of the Ram setu means a blow to our identity (Hindu Asmita). It's a rare testimony to our advances in engineering sciences in the past. It's a rocky structure sandwitched between layers of sand, conclusively proving that it's a man-made structure. All versions of Ramayana elaborately describe the Setu bandhan events. Sculptures in ancient temples have portrayed the Setu bandhan events in details.
Risk to Thorium Deposits and Strategic interests Our political leadership is selling out critical national interests, they are literally letting people steal thorium rich sands (4% yield, highest ever found anywhere else in the world) and shipping it out. There are FIRs registered for such instances. So this is happenning!! They want to use the canal for cheaply transporting out 'the sand'. Our former president/scientist Prof. APJ Abdul Kalam has stressed on nuclear self-reliance and in particular, a plan based on our thorium reservoirs. And such plans go haywire if thorium deposits vanish like this. The SSCP may result in erosion of thorium-rich sand deposit along the south indian coast.
US Navy refuses to acknowledge India-Lanka historical waters between India and Srilanka. The SSCP is cleverly drawn along the median making way for an international line and hence international water
RE:Why the Ram Setu must not be destroyed?
by SSCD on Sep 13, 2007 11:15 AM Permalink
Environmental Impact: SSCP is a sea-based channel and hence comparing it to Panama or Suez canal (both of which are land-based) is absolutely incorrect. Such a project has never ever been executed anywhere else in the world, still there are no proper impact studies done for this. Following are the possible environmental risks, just to name a few: tsunami impacts, risk of high temperature zones getting exposed, risk to biodiversity of the region. There are too many issues here and no impact analysis study has been done so far.
Economic non-viability of the project: There are already expert studies which have concluded economic non-viability of the SSCP project. It's not a land-based channel but an all sea passage. It's going to be only 300m wide. This means the passage will need frequent clearing of sand. It also means ships more than 30000 Tons can't avail the passage, effectively ruling out big cargo/container ships. The ships taking the passage will have to avail 'pilot-ships' facility. The ships will have to sail slow and may save only 1.5 Hrs of travel time. Effectively, these overheads will offset the fuel savings.
The cottage industries in the nearby coastal region are likely to be adversely impacted. The fishermen are likely to run into severe restrictions if the SSCP channel paves way for international passage.
Above mentioned are just a tip of the iceberg, please refer to URLs mentioned below for details.
Please come forward in large numbers to save this historic
RE:RE:Why the Ram Setu must not be destroyed?
by SSCD on Sep 13, 2007 11:15 AM Permalink
Please come forward in large numbers to save this historic monument.
Please find a very informative presentation by Dr. S. Kalyanraman at http://www.slideshare.net/kalyan97/ramasetu4sept2007/
