Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project

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Sethusamudram is the sea that separates Tamil Nadu, India from Sri Lanka. Sethusamudram became newsworthy in 2005 with the launch by the Government of India of the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project.The project proposes linking the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka by creating a shipping channel through the shallow sea
Here is the google map view most discussed ramasethu. try zooming ang panning. ya. The name Rama’s Bridge or Rama Setu was given to this bridge of shoals in Rameshwaram, as Hindu legend identifies it with the bridge built by the Vanara (monkey-men) army of Rama , which he used to reach Sri Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from the Rakshasa king, Ravana, as stated in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana.
A few organizations are opposing damage to Ramasethu on religious,environmental and economical grounds.
Click here to view the wikipediaia article about rama sethu. it describes this structure as a chain of shoals, coral reefs or a ridge formed in the region owing to thinning of the earth’s crust. And these kind of structures can be found many places around the world. you can pan little more and find it by yourself.
even there is 5 alternative alignments considered earlier without damaging a structure considered sacred by Hindus.