Rama Setu -2

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Dear Bodhiji,

Thanks for the investigative reporting. Much appreciated!

Karnanidhi the Goebbels of Tamilnadu even today tells his untruths as follows:

SSC project: MK hits out at BJP, AIADMK
http://chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem....ATEGORYNAME=CHN

Chennai, Oct 9: Launching a broadside against the BJP and the AIADMK for opposing the demolition of Ram Setu, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said it was the NDA government which approved the present sixth alignment for the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project.

"Why didn't they raise the issue of Ram Setu when they approved the project in 2002? Would they have talked about Ram Setu if the project had been implemented during their tenure itself," he asked in a statement here.

Detailing various feasibility studies undertaken for the project since 1955, he said there was not an iota of doubt about the technical feasibility of the Sethusamudram project.

Several studies and investigations had also revealed there was no authentic scientific evidence to prove that there was any man-made structure under the sea. Due to this, neither the NDA government its successor took any step to declare it a national heritage site, he said.

Allaying apprehensions about displacement of fishing community, Karunanidhi said the necessary infrastructure for the project would come up on 12.5 acre of land at Dhanushkodi and 2.5 acres of land at Kodiakarai.

Since steps were being taken to utilise only the government land, there was no possibility of displacement of fishermen, he said.