Question raised in Rajya Sabha on review of Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project 01/12/2014
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on review of Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project 01/12/2014.
Sethusamudram Project
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Ram Sethu: Centre to tell SC panel report not feasible
The Centre is all set to tell the Supreme Court that the report of the R K Pachauri committee, which has suggested an alternative route to the mythological Ram Sethu for the Sethusamudram project, is not
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Ram Sethu: Centre gets six weeks to convey its stand
The Supreme Court granted six weeks’ time to the Central government to communicate its stand on the Sethusamudram project. A Bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad accorded more time to the government
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Sethu row: Govt plans re-look at SC proposal, new routes
The Centre is planning to reject the Pachauri panel report on the Sethusamudram project and set up a new committee to re-examine ‘Alignment 4A’ suggested by the Supreme Court. If needed, the panel will
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“Alternative alignment for Setu project not feasible”
The alternative alignment (4A) for the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project without cutting across the Adams Bridge or Ram Setu is not economically and ecologically feasible, according to a report of the expert committee headed by R. K. Pachauri submitted by the Centre in the Supreme Court. The committee was constituted to consider whether the project could be implemented through the alternative alignment (4A) that would cut through the spit of land just east of Dhanushkodi. Work on the present alignment (No.6), which cuts through the Ram Setu, was stayed by the Supreme Court in the wake of considerable opposition to the project.
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Alternative route around Ram Sethu not economical: Govt
The government today told the Supreme Court that a high-level committee has suggested that an alternative alignment – other than the mythological Ram Sethu – for the Sethusamudram project was not economically
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Govt silent on Ram Setu plea in SC
The Centre came up with a blank today on whether to declare Ram Setu in the Palk Strait a national monument, leaving the Supreme Court with no option but to interpret the government’s silence as its unwillingness
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Govt shies away from Sethu stand
Avoids Giving National Monument Status To Geographical Feature In Palk Strait. The Centre on Thursday shied away from taking a stand in the Supreme Court on whether it intended to confer national monument
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Sri Lanka - Country overview
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island in the Indian Ocean about 28 kilometers (18 mi.) off the southeastern coast of India, in a strategic location near
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Sri Lanka - Key environmental issues
Sri Lanka - An overview of key environmental issues.
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Environment assessment study will decide fate of Sethu project: Pachauri
It will assess ocean current patterns and will be completed by middle of 2011 SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT:Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Director-General TERI, laying the foundation stone for MARG Science Park near Marakkanam on Thursday. G.R.K.