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Present Channel Alignment
The present Sethusamudram Ship Channel is locating at a
distance of more than 20 Km from Shingle Island of Gulf of Mannar near
Dhanuskodi. The channel
connecting Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal through north of Adam’s Bridge, Palk bay and Palk Strait running parallel to the Indo-Srilankan Medial
Line at a minimum distance of 3Km within India’s own territorial
waters. The total length of
the channel is 167 Km, 12m deep and 300m wide at bottom.
The present channel having two legs one in the north of Adam’s Bridge
where the average depth is only about 3 meters and the other leg is in
the Palk Strait where the average depth is about 6m to 8m.
In Gulf of Mannar and the other stretches at Palk Bay, the
channel will utilize the natural depth already available.
The length of the channel in various section is as under:-
Section
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Length
in KM
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Area
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G-A
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04.37
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North of Adam’s
Bridge
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A-B
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17.30
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North of Adam’s
Bridge
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B-C
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13.38
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North of Adam’s
Bridge
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C-D
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37.44
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Palk
Bay
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D-E
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40.48
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Palk
Bay
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E-E4
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54.25
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Palk
Strait
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167.22
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