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 Sethusamudram channel project foundation laying on July 2 - Hindu 23.6.2005

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation for the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project on July 2 in the presenceof Congress president Sonia Candhi and Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam chief M. Karunanidhi.                                        More

 Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project  - Hindu 22.6.2005

With the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project going to take off shortly, the following projects should be completed simultaneously:                                             More

 Sethusamudram Project Minister allays Fears - Hindu 19.6.2005

“No displacement of fishermen, core issues clarified” 

Fishing activity in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait will not be affected at all due to the implementation of the Sethusamudram channel project, the Union Minister for Shipping, T.R. Baalu, said on Saturday.                                                      More

 Sethusamudram to take off in a couple of weeks NT Bureau Chennai, 16.6.2005

           Work on the much-talked-about Sethusamudram Canal Project is set to commence at last.                                                                                     More

 Sethusamudram Project now well on course - Exim News Service 16.6.2005

The Sethusamudram waves are washing ashore more noisily now. It’s a bustle of activity as the decks are being cleared for the foundation stone-laying ceremony either this month-end or early July.                                                                     More

Sethusamudram gets the green signal

The centre has cleared the proposal to dredge a ship channel across the palk straits, an idea conceived 150 years ago.  P.Sundararajan in New Delhi and N.Ravikumar in Chennai.                                                                       More

 Cabinet approves Rs.2427 crores Sethu Project - Hindu, 20.5.2005

The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved the proposal for implementation of the ambitious Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) at a cost of Rs.2427.40 crore.                                                                         More

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