Under presssure from Tamilnadu politicians and civil contractors (one of them employed T. Balu relative)the UPA govt is going to waste Rs 4000 crore on this non-viable project. This money could have been usd to widen roads in Tamil Nadu, instead.
RE:Another wasteful expenditure by Govt of India
by Rajesh c on Feb 28, 2008 01:35 PM Permalink
Ya, It is more important to consider the commercial viability of the project than whether Ram made it or I made it.. Ram made it for a purpose, and it served the purpose; so lets be happy about it.. Now the point is whether it is worth spending so much money and destroying it. I wonder why nobody talks much about the commercial aspect of it.. There are much better projects which are beneficial for Maritime industry like the Vizhinjam container terminal; which can save (and earn) billions of dollars in transshipment related charges..
RE:Another wasteful expenditure by Govt of India
by VASUDEVAN V on Feb 28, 2008 01:53 PM Permalink
Mr.Rajesh: Lot of people, including some experts, Naval Chief etc. have been talking about the financial non-viability and security aspects of the project. The general consensus is that the Government should not go ahead with the project, not because of Lord Ram, but because of various other factors. Hence, the question to be asked is: Why is Karunanidhi and Baalu so hell bent on the project being implemented? May be because Jayalalitha, their enemy no.1, is opposed to it in the present alignment. Or may be because BJP and so many other Hindu organizations are opposed to it because of Lord Rama's association with the under water bridge. Karunanidhi, who, as is well known, is selectively atheist, rationalist and what not, will always oppose anything to do with Hindus and Brahmins. Naturally, he identifies this as Hindu opposition and Lord Rama as Brahmin God. He has to oppose by all means and implement it. You want to provoke Karunanidhi? Just say `Brahmin' in front of him and see his reaction. Recently when he changed the Tamil New Year Day to satisfy whose whim only God knows, he quipped, `only Brahmins will oppose it'. What more can you say about a Chief Minister who is obnoxious about his hatred for Brahminism and Hinduism that he sees no wrong in destroying the very culture of the Tamil Nadu, nay the country, to prove his Dravidian superiority. He does not believe in God, but still God give him long years to achieve his goal!
RE:Another wasteful expenditure by Govt of India
by trikarn on Feb 28, 2008 02:25 PM Permalink
and make it easy for the tamil tigers to extort money from all this shipping!
RE:Another wasteful expenditure by Govt of India
by vinay thakur on Feb 28, 2008 03:54 PM Permalink
Not only that but opporutinty to eat millions of dollar invested to this project! Like MM & Sonia are hell bent on implementing N-Deal! Politics & corruption economy at its dirtiest height!
