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Please tell me a way for me to send to selected members of india-forum a copy of my powerpoint show on the subject, flagging the project parameters.
k
Fwd: Sethusamudram Channel alignment: Views of Prof. Tad S Murthy
I am attaching herewith the email from Prof. Tad S Murthy ji of March 25, 2007. He has reiterated his earlier comments on the impact of tsunami on Kerala and the coastline if the present channel is commissioned. This is a very serious issue and should force the Govt. of India to re-evaluate the alternative alignments which had so far been considered taking all factors mentioned in the 16-points raised by Prime Minister's Office on 8 March 2005. Any alignment should avoid impacting the Ram Sethu, a heritage mandiram of Hindu civilization.
Namaskaram. kalyan
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From: kalyan97 <kalyan97@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 26, 2007 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: Sethusamudram Channel alignment
To: Tad murty <tadmurty@gmail.com>
Respected Prof. Tad Murthy ji,
Namaskaram. Thanks a lot for your kind response. It is indeed a privilege that Bharatam has produced scientists like you. I feel so proud that a bharatiya is there to guide us in coping with a phenomenon such as the tsunami.
Thanking you again, with the best regards and dhanyavaadah.
Kalyanaraman
On 3/25/07, Tad murty <tadmurty@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Dr. Kalyanaraman, Thank you for your two e-mails. I will briefly outline below the chronology of the events.
1. After the tsunami of 26th December 2004, the Department of Science and Technology invited me to a brain storming session in Delhi during the third week of january 2005. In that connection I was in Delhi at around that time.
2. On 17th January, a reporter from the Times of India asked me about the possible influence of future tsunamis in India due to the Sethu Samudram Project. I told him that there is some possibility that tsunami energy could be funnelled into the chanal and could affect the sothern part of kerala. I pointed out to him some similarity to the Alberni canal on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia in Canada. During the tsunami of 28th March 1964, outside ot Alaska, where the tsunami was generated, the maximum tsunami amplitude anywhere in the pacific ocean occurred at Port Alberni located at the head of the Alberni canal. Eventhough the tsunami amplitude was small in the deep ocean, it was amplified considerably through quarter wave resonance in the Alberni Inlet.
3. The reporter asked me can I suggest a solution to this problem, and I told him that as long as the entrance of the chanal on the Bay of Bengal side does not face towards east, the chances of tsunami energy getting in to the chanal will be minimized.
4. At the invitation of Mr. Raghupathy of the Tuticorin Port Trust I met him in Chennai some time towards the end of 2005(I do not remember the exact date). We had a very cordial meeting and Mr. Raghupathy told me that he will look into the issue of re-orienting the Bay of Bengal entrance of the chanal.
What I outlined above is my only connection to this project. I am a Physical Oceanographer and I only commented about one very minor aspect of this big project(when asked by a reporter). I do not have any expertise to talk about the ecology, engineering, environment and archeological issues. Infact I do not know much about this project, except what little I read in the indian news papers. I have absolutely no official connection to this project.
I hope this clarifies my position. Regards,Tad Murty
Please tell me a way for me to send to selected members of india-forum a copy of my powerpoint show on the subject, flagging the project parameters.
k
Fwd: Sethusamudram Channel alignment: Views of Prof. Tad S Murthy
I am attaching herewith the email from Prof. Tad S Murthy ji of March 25, 2007. He has reiterated his earlier comments on the impact of tsunami on Kerala and the coastline if the present channel is commissioned. This is a very serious issue and should force the Govt. of India to re-evaluate the alternative alignments which had so far been considered taking all factors mentioned in the 16-points raised by Prime Minister's Office on 8 March 2005. Any alignment should avoid impacting the Ram Sethu, a heritage mandiram of Hindu civilization.
Namaskaram. kalyan
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: kalyan97 <kalyan97@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 26, 2007 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: Sethusamudram Channel alignment
To: Tad murty <tadmurty@gmail.com>
Respected Prof. Tad Murthy ji,
Namaskaram. Thanks a lot for your kind response. It is indeed a privilege that Bharatam has produced scientists like you. I feel so proud that a bharatiya is there to guide us in coping with a phenomenon such as the tsunami.
Thanking you again, with the best regards and dhanyavaadah.
Kalyanaraman
On 3/25/07, Tad murty <tadmurty@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Dr. Kalyanaraman, Thank you for your two e-mails. I will briefly outline below the chronology of the events.
1. After the tsunami of 26th December 2004, the Department of Science and Technology invited me to a brain storming session in Delhi during the third week of january 2005. In that connection I was in Delhi at around that time.
2. On 17th January, a reporter from the Times of India asked me about the possible influence of future tsunamis in India due to the Sethu Samudram Project. I told him that there is some possibility that tsunami energy could be funnelled into the chanal and could affect the sothern part of kerala. I pointed out to him some similarity to the Alberni canal on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia in Canada. During the tsunami of 28th March 1964, outside ot Alaska, where the tsunami was generated, the maximum tsunami amplitude anywhere in the pacific ocean occurred at Port Alberni located at the head of the Alberni canal. Eventhough the tsunami amplitude was small in the deep ocean, it was amplified considerably through quarter wave resonance in the Alberni Inlet.
3. The reporter asked me can I suggest a solution to this problem, and I told him that as long as the entrance of the chanal on the Bay of Bengal side does not face towards east, the chances of tsunami energy getting in to the chanal will be minimized.
4. At the invitation of Mr. Raghupathy of the Tuticorin Port Trust I met him in Chennai some time towards the end of 2005(I do not remember the exact date). We had a very cordial meeting and Mr. Raghupathy told me that he will look into the issue of re-orienting the Bay of Bengal entrance of the chanal.
What I outlined above is my only connection to this project. I am a Physical Oceanographer and I only commented about one very minor aspect of this big project(when asked by a reporter). I do not have any expertise to talk about the ecology, engineering, environment and archeological issues. Infact I do not know much about this project, except what little I read in the indian news papers. I have absolutely no official connection to this project.
I hope this clarifies my position. Regards,Tad Murty