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.
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by kskumar on Sep 14, 2007 11:46 PM Permalink
True, MGR Fan. You are one of the sane persons in this forum with sane reasons for opposing the project. Apart from religious issue, this factor of environmental degradation and consequent loss of livelihood to the fisherfolk of the area have not at all been raised by anyone here. MK wants it because he wants to showcase it as his achievement and also to hit at the Hindu beliefs, his favourite pasttime.
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by MGR Fan on Sep 14, 2007 11:52 PM Permalink
kskumar, one thing i really cant understand is - why is some tamils , who are otherwise intelligent, believe in some scam schemes and fantasise on that?
Just take a Nice map of say Asia or world . Look at Suez Canal, Singapore, Panama Canal and then look at Sethu. Sethu is a waste project. It wont add any significant value. The distance reduction talked about is - 1) Very very less 2) It will help a few ships moving from Chennai to say Saudi Arabia. But nowadays, Chennai to Arabia , shipment happens mostly by train to western ports and then sea.
I am not against Sethu project (provided it is through alternative alignment) but i find it is a big scam by a party that never cared for people in Southern Districts of TN.
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by Subhash Damle on Sep 15, 2007 12:05 AM Permalink
...and also it will destroy whatever beauty and purity of water in that part of the sea between India and Sri Lanka. And it is not like one has to go around Aftrica instead of Suvez canal, its just around Sri Lanka, a tiny as compared to Africa. It makes no sense what-so-ever in wasting money (that Indian government may not have to begin with!) on such projects.
