It's amazing how in India there are highly educated people who are scientist, IT guys, and engineers...who earn a name for India in science and technology. And on the other hand there are people sunk deep in superstition, whose lives are similar or worse than the lives people had during the dark ages in Europe.
These people are a hindrance to the growth of India. This canal project can be a booster for regional economy, but now it's affected by ignorant people.
India needs more reforms even during this modern age. It's good that India had reforms in areas like sati, untouchability, equality in education, etc. Those reforms helped India reach the level it is in now. More reforms would help in further growth, else there will be only chaos, infighting and instability.
RE:India is an interesting country...
by JGN on Sep 15, 2007 10:49 PM Permalink
Mr. JB, leave apart superstitions. The Ram Sethu is harmful to the ecology and the benefits are not as great as is being projects. The propsed canal is suitable for Ships upto 30,000 DWT only. The large vessels like Ro-ro and Lighters weighing about one lakh DWT in service at present cannot navigate thru this canal. So the entire exercise is futile.
RE:RE:India is an interesting country...
by JGN on Sep 15, 2007 10:50 PM Permalink
Pl read "the propsed Sethu Samudram Project" is harmful to the ecology............
RE:India is an interesting country...
by JB on Sep 16, 2007 04:50 AM Permalink
Well...Interesting..you are debating on the environment problems. It's true that almost all man's super construction projects affect the environment. Ports, dams, highways, expanding cities, power plants...etc..etc.. Do people stop all that? If the environment damage is too high compared to the benifits, yes the project could be stopped, but that should be the reason for the stoppage, not the reasons the article says or the people here cry about.
