[കേ.ശാ.സാ.പ] Re: BJP's opposition to Sethusamudram formulated by a fraud

whatever it may be.. delaying sethusamudram is probably good for us, as it
was always a potential "paara" to our vizhinjam plans.. :D

On 6/19/07, Arun Shivanandan <arun.shivanandan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You might have seen BJP protests agaist the Sethusamudram project.... they
> alledged that Lord Ram's bridge was being proken for this project or
> something like that. Here is some news:
>
> http://www.indianexpress.com/iep/sunday/story/33813.html
>
> **The "space scientist" who, for two years, helped the Rashtriya
> Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) formulate its opposition to the Sethusamudram
> project has turned out to be just like the Sangh's argument -- a fraud.
>
>
>
>
> (
>
> *The project*
>
> * Dredging a 167-km channel across the Palk Strait, between India and Sri
> Lanka, so that ships, travelling between east and west, get direct passage
> through Indian waters rather than circumnavigating Lanka. Cuts sailing time
> by 30 hrs.
>
> *The fake scientist*
>
> * The RSS and VHP want the ship channel project to be rerouted to protect
> the coral structures they claim is the sethu built by Lord Ram to get to Sri
> Lanka and rescue Sita. They want it to be recognised as a World Heritage
> site.
>
> *The science*
>
> * Geological Survey of India study found that the Sethu isn't manmade but
> a result of sedimentation of clay, sandstone and limestone. NASA calls it a
> tomobolo, a bar of sand connecting one island with another that usually
> indicates a constant sediment source.
>
> )
>
>
>
>
> >
>

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