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Sethusamudram channel project - An epoch making event - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)

This paper discusses the Sethusamudram project which is an attempt to make a shipping canal between Sri Lanka and India.

Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 05:24 AM

Beginning with the need for a such a shipping lane, the author compares its importance to the Suez and Panama canal. Currently ships have to go round Sri Lanka to go between the two India coasts. This increases the passage time and fuel costs.The canal would lead to a saving of 254 to 424 nautical miles and reduce sailing time of ships by 21 to 36 hours.

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