The Indian Government will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court today asking for work to progress on Sethusamudaram project. The Government is also planning to submit that ASI survey is not important. The government's turnaround will come as a major boost to DMK. DMK has been pushing for the project to go ahead. Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project, which envisages dredging of a ship channel across the Palk straits between India and Sri Lanka, is finally taking shape. The project will allow ships sailing between the east and west costs of India to have a straight passage through India's territorial waters, instead of having to circumvent Sri Lanka. This will lead to a saving of upto 424 nautical miles (780 Km) and upto to 30 hours in sailing time. Two channels will be created - one across north of Adam's Bridge South - east of Pamban Island and another through the shallows of Palk Bay.