Congratulations to Shri R. Ananthanarayanan for the service he has rendered to the nation by highlighting the contributions made by his late father, Shri PA Ramakrishnan; requesting Govt. of India to save Ramasetu and abandon the Sethu Channel project which makes no nautical sense.
Hope Govt of India under NaMo sees reason and declares Ramasetu a national monument, while scrapping the Sethu Channel Project.
Kalyanaraman
President, Rameshwaram Ramasetu Protection Movement
Copy of the letter has also been sent to Shri Narendra Modi ji, Prime Minister of India.
August 23, 2014
Shri Nitin Gadkariji
Hope Govt of India under NaMo sees reason and declares Ramasetu a national monument, while scrapping the Sethu Channel Project.
Kalyanaraman
President, Rameshwaram Ramasetu Protection Movement
Copy of the letter has also been sent to Shri Narendra Modi ji, Prime Minister of India.
August 23, 2014
Shri Nitin Gadkariji
Hon'ble Union Minister (Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Rural Development
Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation)
Govt. of India
New Delhi
Respected Sir,
Namaskaar,
I introduce myself as the Hon. Secretary of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Puthucode Kendra in Palakkad district of Kerala and based in Chennai. I have had the opportunity to work with nationalistic organisations and with a team of nationalists organised the First National Reconstruction Conference on Dec 25th and 26th 2008 at Chennai. It gives great pleasure in attaching the program details which looked at various issues confronting our nation including National Security, Illegal Immigration, Secularism, Law and Educational Reforms etc. Many eminent personalities including Gen. S.K. Sinha, Former Governor of J&K and Assam, Shri Michel Danino, Indologist, Shri R.K. Ohri, Former I.G. of Police and Shri Prakash Singh, Former D.G., B.S.F. participated in the conference and was chaired by Late Prof. Indiresan, Former Director of IIT, Madras.
My Late Father Shri P.A. Ramakrishnanji who passed away in Mar 2008 was the Executive Vice Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Puthucode Kendra and Director of Bhavan's Sydney Centre. He was involved in the construction of the Vivekananda Rock Memorial at Kanyakumari working with Late Shri Eknath Ranadeji in 1960's and his last assignment in defence of Dharma was being involved in the Save Ram Setu Movement working with Dr. S. Kalyanaramanji who had carried out extensive research on the origins of Rama Sethu.
My Late Father Shri P.A. Ramakrishnanji who passed away in Mar 2008 was the Executive Vice Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Puthucode Kendra and Director of Bhavan's Sydney Centre. He was involved in the construction of the Vivekananda Rock Memorial at Kanyakumari working with Late Shri Eknath Ranadeji in 1960's and his last assignment in defence of Dharma was being involved in the Save Ram Setu Movement working with Dr. S. Kalyanaramanji who had carried out extensive research on the origins of Rama Sethu.
It gives us great pleasure in enclosing copy of letter and photo of the Boat donated by my Late Father for construction of the Vivekananda Rock Memorial and the Full Page Colour Supplement on the importance of Saving Rama Sethu published by my Late Father in the The Hindu and Pioneer, New Delhi editions in July and Aug 2007. The Supplement contains his own technical article "Nightmare Ship Salvage Operation if Setu Samudram is aligned as a Mid Ocean Channel Passage" in which He conclusively established its non-viability and feasibly while comparing it with the Suez Canal Shipping Canal Project which He had the opportunity to visit in the 1950's and due to his vast experience in Shipping spanning more than six decades.
We take this opportunity to thank your goodself on your assurance recently to protect "Rama Sethu" while considering alternative routes to implement the project. However our earnest appeal to your goodself is to kindly consider scrapping the Setu Samudram Shipping Canal Project as it is completely detrimental to national interest as can be seen from the articles in the Supplement on Saving Rama Sethu and also suggested by Dr. R.K. Pachauriji in the report given to Govt. of India on the above.
Our main concerns on the Shipping Project is as follows ;
1. Loss of livelihood of fisherman.
2. Destruction of our valued flora and fauna in the fragile Gulf of Mannar due to high level of pollution and constant dredging.
3. National Security will be in peril as jurisdiction of our coastline will be confined to only 12 Nautical Miles and huge reserves of thorium available for our future energy security will be at risk.
4. Only small ships using the proposed canal due to limitations of draught and absolutely no time saving as highlighted by Capt Balakrishan, Ex. Mariner, Indian Navy resulting in negative cost benefit ration making the project economically unviable.
We appeal to your goodself to kindly consider the above earnestly and look forward to your receiving your favourable reply at the earliest convenience.
Warm Regards
R. Ananthanarayanan
50 (NP) Industrial Estate
Ekkattuthangal, Chennai 600 032
