http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2013/02/ramasetu-goi-withdraw-affidavit-in-sc.html
http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2013/02/setuchannel-why-is-goi-pushing-through.html
Setuchannel: Why is GOI pushing through a high risk project without tsunami safeguards and detailed evaluation of transport options?
http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2013/02/setu-channel-makes-no-nautical-sense.html
Setu channel makes NO nautical sense - Capt. H Balakrishnan (Retd). GOI, withdraw affidavit filed in SC for Setuchannel.
Hon'ble SC had given a stay order to the Setuchannel project and the stay continues. In the face of this, GOI is trying to please the irresponsible demand of an UPA ally, DMK and tells the Court that GOI intends to pursue the project which has been declared by Pachauri committee to be economically, ecologically unfeasible.
A project that has been studied again and again for nearly 150 years does not make any nautical sense, as Capt. Balakrishnan has effectively demonstrated.
The GOI is dodging the Court and not answering the plea of the petitioners in the transfer Petition from Madras HC seeking declaration of Ramasetu as national monument.
GOI is clearly playing games with its own standards environmental impact analyses, and standards set in declaring national monument status (for e.g. Brahmasarovar and Majuli island are recognised as heritage sites by a HC judgement and recommendation made by GOI to UNESCO).
This is a clear insult to the justice system and the SC should declare Ramasetu a national monument based on the arguments set forth by the petitioners in the face of GOI intransigence and failure to respect obligations under international law (to consult with Sri Lanka and respect UNESCO criteria for underwater cultural heritage sites), respect for the federal system in consulting the state government and respect for its own standards for ecological and environmental evaluation of capital investment projects.
SC should surely have noticed that GOI is playing games with the justice system by once denying the memory of Sri Rama, and now stubbornly rejecting its own Pachauri committee report. SC should notice that enough is enough and bring GOI to orderly behavior while dealing with a project which could impact nation's coastal security in case another tsunami strikes.
Time has come for the people of India to tell GOI that it is out of order denying the memory of Sri Rama represented by Ramasetu national monument and its continued persistencewith a project of zero nautical value is unacceptable to the people of India.
The following is a report of Karuna's swansong which could also be a signature tune to the impending defeat in the next Lok Sabha election of a family-dynasty-led UPA regime which cares little for peoples' sentiments and is governed only by foreign honors such as Medal of Leopald and allowing select bunch of looters to stash away illicit wealth in tax havens.
Kalyanaraman
Press Trust of India | Chennai March 7, 2013 Last Updated at 18:00 IST
Karuna decries efforts to stall Sethusamudram project
Decrying efforts to stall the multi-crore Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said it had been in consideration since the days of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru-led government but 'Ramasethu' was causing roadblocks now.
He said various technical studies since 1955 had argued for feasibility of the project in the Palk Straits and that National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) was in 2001 handed over the task of taking up new studies by then BJP government.
In a letter to party workers, the 88 year-old leader, a strong supporter of the project, said NEERI had recommended Alignment No.6 which he said included Adam's Bridge (Ramasethu).
"BJP which had approved the alignment then, is opposing it now," he said referring to the March 3 BJP National Council meeting where the party had said any tampering with the ancient structure would not be acceptable to the party.
He said the Environment and Forest Ministry had given its clearance in 2005 after various studies, adding "it is clear that the area around Adam's Bridge had no geographical evidence to show the existence of a man-made structure." Neither was there any archaeological proof.
While AIADMK general secretary and chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was now opposing the project in the light of Ramasethu, the party's election manifestos in 2001 and 2004 had argued for the project, he said.
Karunanidhi said that in 1998 then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee had promised to implement the project.
At various points of time, the term Ramasethu never found a mention and was only known as Adam's Bridge, he said and pressed for the implementation of the project.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/karuna-decries-efforts-to-stall-sethusamudram-project-113030700350_1.html