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     Chantodu Side Hero Username: Chantodu Post Number: 2393 Registered: 07-2007 Posted From: 12.34.246.5 Rating: N/A |
ee sethusamudram project valla jarige benefit very minimal ******* they should consider this 8th wonder/heritage and preserve ani anukuntunna | ||
| Kkd Side Hero Username: Kkd Post Number: 5670 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 170.61.20.242 Rating: N/A |
tammud...naaku ardham ayinadhani batti....ee sethusamudram project valla jarige benefit very minimal....waste of time and resources ani anukuntunna... | ||
| Chantodu Side Hero Username: Chantodu Post Number: 2392 Registered: 07-2007 Posted From: 12.34.246.39 Rating: N/A |
raj tamud englis lo eek..matter gist if possibe telugulo edatava plz | ||
| Anand_n Junior Artist Username: Anand_n Post Number: 715 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 209.183.51.18 Rating: N/A |
Rajusk, Idi chala old article anukunta..remember reading something like this from a naval officer some months back  aa chal ke tujhe main leke chalu ik aise gagan ke tale jahan gam bhi na ho, aansoo bhi na ho,bas pyaar hi pyaar pale ik aise gagan ke tale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWUOI_oxeOc&feature=related | ||
| Rajusk Side Hero Username: Rajusk Post Number: 2026 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 66.93.90.250 Rating: N/A |
The SSCP is not economically viable for many reasons. It is designed to take ships below 32,000 DWT, while international shipping is heading for larger ships above 60,000 DWT . Also, adding to the woes is the fact that the rapidly-growing Indian Coastal Shipping is reducing its ship size from 4,000 DWT to 1,900 DWT, and thus will contribute little by way of toll tax to the SSCP. Simple calculations show that international shipping from the Cape of Good Hope, Persian Gulf and the Red Sea areas will actually save time and money if it bypasses the SSCP (where it has to pay toll tax, use up time to embark and disembark a pilot, and proceed at very slow speed in the channel to avoid grounding damage due to âsquatting effectâ) and goes around Sri Lanka. For the same reasons, even Indian coastal shipping will find it more economical to avoid the SSCP and go around Sri Lanka. The Rs 2,400 crore SSCP may not earn enough profits to pay back its original capital cost. It must also be noted that the SSCP, which reduces the distance by mere 340 to 434 nautical miles (nm), cannot be compared to âtrue inland canalsâ like the Suez and Panama which save thousands of nautical miles, and are not exposed to the vagaries of ocean currents, rough weather or seaborne attacks. This means that the SSCP is located in one of the five known âhigh siltationâ areas. This means that regular âmaintenance dredgingâ would have to be carried out, perhaps every 1 to 3 years, to keep the channel open and safe for shipping. Indeed, dredging is the primary reason for the high cost of SSCP. Add to this the fact that the Tamil Nadu coast is cyclone prone and, according to statistics, has been hit by 64 cyclones between 1891 and 2001, with 23 hitting the SSCP site. To conclude, their are enough reasons to take a good hard look at the SSCP. There really is no point in first creating a target for the LTTE and then spending enormous amounts of time, money and effort to protect a white elephant. Vice-Admiral Arun Kumar Singh retired as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam |
