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We have not heard of Ramar Paalam until now - Rameswaram Fishermen "We have not heard of Ramar Paalam until now when the BJP talked about it. We have always known the islands as theedai or thittu,’’ says Ramalakshmi who lives with her husband...+ Full Story | Space photos no proof of Ram Sethu: NASA US space agency NASA says pictures taken by its astronauts do NOT prove the existence or otherwise of a manmade Ram Sethu bridge as mentioned in the Hindu epic Ramayana. + Full Story |
Environment
Environment Vs A case for the canal Environmentalists fear that there are two ways in which the plying of ships could endanger the ecology. Dredged spoil dumped in the vicinity of the islands could cause mass, suspended sedimentation....+ Full Story | Environmental Impacts of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project Sethusamudram project will also adversely affect the Palk Strait between India and Ceylon which is about 75km-wide, with a water depth of 9-13 m, except where local coral reefs rise above the sea...+ Full Story |
Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve is one of the world's richest regions from a marine biodiversity perspective. The Reserve harbours marine biodiversity of global significance and is renowned for...+ Full Story | Oceanographic, Geological and Ecological impact on marine life A busy continuous navigation in this region will offset and trigger devastating ecological imbalance, affecting the lives of millions of fishermen and many endangered organisms of the subtropical,...+ Full Story |
Impact on the Environment - Manitham Report This whole SSCP area is a biologically rich and rated among the highly productive sea of the World. The SSCP could cause huge impact to the Ocean Ecosystem Says Manitham Report + Full Story | Sethusamudram canal may disturb endangered turtles Turtle lovers and marine scientists have raised objections to the project, fearing it would change the migratory path of Olive Ridley sea turtles towards the Orissa coast and endanger their...+ Full Story |
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Science Vs Mythology
Unbridgeable Myths The mixing of myth and history is not the prerogative of the Hindu Right. For Dravidians, the Ram Setu has far less resonance than the myth of Lemuria known as Kumari Kandam in Tamil literature. On...+ Full Story | A bridge for Ravanan Politicians are people who will promise to build a bridge even where no river exists! Our politicians have gone one better. They are claiming the existence of a bridge where none exists. + Full Story |
Tamils celebrate Ravana as a hero and Rama as the villain The Tamil Nadu countryside is exposed to folk forms that celebrate Ravana as a hero and Rama as the villain who treated women unfairly. Many Tamils who know the Ramayana know it through its Tamil...+ Full Story | Superstition May Yet Save Marine Reserve The project is a recipe for destruction and ruin, and must be opposed on environmental and economic grounds. But superstition and blind faith guide decision-making in a globalising India that aspires...+ Full Story |
Myth and Reality Epics should be read as epics, not as authentic histories. Unfortunately, our politicians, many of them wilfully, refuse to do so + Full Story | Space photos no proof of Ram Sethu: NASAUS space agency NASA says pictures taken by its astronauts do NOT prove the existence or otherwise of a manmade Ram Sethu bridge as mentioned in the Hindu epic Ramayana. + Full Story |
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Gains Vs Losses
| The Sethu Samudram does not make nautical sense Sethu Samudram project neither saves time nor viable economically. These are the two aspects that need to be highlighted. So, there is absolutely no advantage to the ships and the shipping industry.... + Full Story | SSCP : Gains Vs Losses "The project will be a sick unit as the money invested can never be recovered. I don't think any container ship will use the canal," says George Gomez, Coordinator, Tamil Nadu Manual... + Full Story |
| Sethusamudram: Will the ships use it? The saving in sailing time for that ship will also be substantially less than the 36 hours projected by the SSCP because the ship cannot be towed at its normal speed through the canal, and time will... + Full Story | Sethusamundram project is unviable A project like sscp, should either be a revenue earner for the government or serve some larger public purpose (like roads contribute to infrastructural development). As many others have stated, ships... + Full Story |
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History & Facts
| L&T Ramboll report on Sethu Samudram L&T Ramboll has submitted a feasibility report on the Economic Viability of Sethu Samudram Project + Full Story | History Successive governments since Indian Freedom did not implement Sethu Samudram project though it was part of the election manifestos of all political parties during elections. + Full Story |
| What is Sethusamudram Channel? The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project proposes linking the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka by creating a shipping canal + Full Story |
Rameswaram Fishermen
| We have not heard of Ramar Paalam until now - Rameswaram Fishermen "We have not heard of Ramar Paalam until now when the BJP talked about it. We have always known the islands as theedai or thittu,’’ says Ramalakshmi who lives with her husband... + Full Story |
Controversies & Politics
| Keep them separated The executive and the legislature, given their responsibility under the Constitution to manage public affairs, are accountable to the people. Accountability, in fact, differentiates democracy from... + Full Story | Beyond Belief Sethusamduram project is being built for all the wrong reasons; and that now, it is being supported and opposed for all the wrong reasons- Vaishna Roy + Full Story |
| Indian judiciary caught in the Colonial mindset Legal experts are of the opinion that it is not within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to recommend the dismissal of a democratically elected state government. + Full Story | Supreme Court can't dismiss an elected State Government : Constitutional experts The Constitution does not vest SC with the power to dismiss any state government, whatever the provocation. It is an emergency power that can be exercised only by the President, and even she can... + Full Story |
| Sethusamudram : The unconsidered high risk factors : Can it withstand them ? Since historical times, this portion of the coast (Palk Bay, Adam's Bridge) is used only to fleets of small crafts involved in coastal trading and fishing + Full Story |
National Security
| Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project will boost security Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project (SSCP) should be viewed from the national security angle. Such a perspective will obviate the need to weigh the economic benefits or potential return on... + Full Story |
Tamil Nadu Perspective
Rama and Dravidian politics Tamilnadu CM Karunanidhi’s remarks against Rama and Ramayana should be seen in the backdrop of the Dravidian Movement’s opposition to cultural invasion from the ‘Aryan’ in...+ Full Story | Periyar An Iconoclast and a Reformer “Men should not touch each other, see each other; and cannot enter temples, fetch water from the village pond: in a land where such inhuman practices are ripe, it is a wonder that the...+ Full Story |
Periyar - The Social Reformer The "revolution" which Periyar brought about was a bloodless one and he had to spend more than fifty years of his life opening the eyes of People to their want of education-and consequent...+ Full Story |
Srilankan Perspective
| Sethusamudram : Who stand for Sri Lankan interests? Sethusamudram Sea Canal will have serious negative impacts on Sri Lanka and India. It can damage most rich fish resources in Mannar Bay. This will also affect the coral reef in the area + Full Story | Greens concerned over Sethusamudram India's secrecy disregards the enormous and long term environmental consequences the people on the western side of Sri Lanka would have to bear if the project sees the light of day. Besides, the... + Full Story |
| Sethusamudram: Can Sri Lanka Speak? The discourses on the Sethusamudram project in India have tended largely to ignore the various views and concerns raised by civil society and media in Sri LankaBy Dr. T T... + Full Story | Geo-Strategic Implications of Sethusamudram - Taraki Sivaram The Sethusamudram Project has a very important geo-political dimension. It would give India a firm grip on one of the world's most strategic and busiest sea-lanes + Full Story |
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| Environmental Impacts of the Sethusamudram on Sri Lanka சேது சமுத்திரத் திட்டத்தால் இலங்கை கடல் வாழ் உயிரினங்களுக்கு பாதிப்பு ஏற்படும் என்கிறது இலங்கையின் வல்லுநர் குழு + Full Story | Economic Benefits of Sethu Samudram இந்த திட்டத்தின் அடிப்படை நோக்கம் என்ன ? தமிழகத்தின் கடலோர மாவட்டங்களின் பொருளாதாரம் உயரும் என்பது தான் இந்த திட்டத்தின் நோக்கம். அவ்வாறு பார்க்கும் பொழுது இந்த... + Full Story |
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