Sethusamudram channel dredge goes ahead
India is to go ahead with plans to dredge the Sethusamudram channel, known as ” Indias Suez” , between a group of islands separating the mainland of India from Sri Lanka. The US$550m project will reduce transit times between the countrys west and east coast by 30 hours, although is opposed by both the Sri Lankan government and environmental campaigners.
There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.
The dredging work will make available 12 metres of draught along the 167km long 300 metre wide channel. Scheduled opening is in 2008.
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