This canal is the center of all media attention and political attention these days in Tamil nadu. In mythology it is said that, Lord Mr.Rama, built a canal or a dam or a bridge(i think bridge would be appropriate) from the tip of rameshwaram to srilanka to fight a war to get his wife back from her kidnapper the evil Mr.Ravanan.
Now in the present scenario. the sethu, is the place where the depth of the ocean is less, or it can be defined to be shallow, so the ships cannot cross this 18 - 20 km stretch. instead they go all the way round srilanka and get to the other side. this a lot of time waste, energy waste and also resource waste (imagine how much fuel we can save if we travel via sethu) Well, so some politicians tried to deepen sethu so that ships can go.
Now this sethu or adams bridge as it is known and the bridge built by lord Mr.Rama as said to be the same. and a certain sect are opposing the destruction of it. there was violence in bangalore(i hate this damn place). and a few lives were lost. all just to save the bridge. Now the very people had earlier said that the government is not doing anything for this problem, and now when the government is taking some step they come back and create a deadlock situation.
Wat stumped was the newspaper article which supported this act. This is a very standard newspaper, which is known for neutrality... but how come this favored article. and the ending was the most stupid thing. The way every one who opposes something usually would say. may be a common man saying that is ok. but a newspaper of such a caliber saying that is too bad. Please find a alternate solution to solve this problem. come on you damn guys, if you guys are the ones who are opposing the actions then you are the ones who have to suggest. they are doing so coz they thought this is the best way to destroy adams bridge. If you think that it is wrong, that something of cultural importance is being destroyed and you stop it, yes it is good, but be prepared with an alternate solution. Why just stop the work when you can;t suggest a alternative...
You are saying that this project will save time, money and resource...
ReplyDeleteYou are wrong... Ships cannot sail faster as that place is a shallow place even if the place is digged... very less ships are now a days having the capacity of 35000 tons which alone can sail through that path and more over ships are bought more than 1,00,000 tons. In case of money, we need to use very high costed fuel for the ship to sail faster which is ultimately a waste. Since it has got some sensitive cultural issues.. Why do we need to still go with the project??????????