Sethusamudram Ship Canal - A Strategic Asset to India

The much-delayed Sethusamudram project, a navigable channel around the southern tip of peninsular India, has been cleared by the Union Cabinet but this strategic asset will need to be protected not just against a tsunami wave but also frogmen of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who control the northern province of Sri Lanka.

Yet the advantages are manifold in terms of distance, time and financial prospects of a cheaper trade route and if adequate protection is incorporated to handle the natural calamity and the incipient threat of terrorist attack it will be a worthwhile investment. Read full story...