The Sethusamudram ****pping Canal Project (SSCP), aimed at deepening the
waters in Palk Straits, is a ‘viable" one but will not be useful for the
navigation of the big ****ps, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta
said.
Naval Chief SSCP not good for big ****ps.Suresh Mehta,the Naval Chief
overnight scores the status of celebrity with his unbiased opinion which
rest the ,hawkish debate engaged by self centered peoples,and
organizations
“It is a viable project. But, on completion, it will be useful only for
small ****ps and not to those navigating on international routes," Mehta
told the media on the sidelines of a meeting in Chennai last night.
When asked to elaborate, the Admiral said “this is Tamil Nadu. And it is
a sensitive issue," and declined to eloborate.
He made a speech on “Oceanic Influence on India"s Development in the
next Decade", at the Fifth T S Narayanaswamy Memorial Lecture.
SSCP was embroiled in controversy after BJP, AIADMK and other parties
objected to the dredging of Ram Sethu, which formed part of the project.
The Supreme Court also stayed the dredging work on Ram Sethu.
Government of India requested three months" time to examine contentious
issue on the Sethusamudram Project,public rage on the affidavit
submitted,government took u turn,a withdrawn from the Supreme Court the
affidavit questioning the mythological exitence ‘Ram Sethu" and Lord
Rama.
Supreme Court Bench,its head Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan on September
14, 2007, permitted the withdrawal of the affidavit allowing the matter
for next hearing in month of January 2008.
Bench add in its order, that the interim order of August 31, 2007,
restraining any construction at the Ram Sethu, or Adam"s Bridge, to
continue.
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