Exploring alternative route for Sethusamudram project: Govt.

Government is exploring the possibility of an alternative route for Sethusamudram ship channel project through Pamban pass without affecting the Ram Sethu or Adam's bridge.

Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan told Lok Sabha that Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) has carried out pre-feasibility study and submitted its report this month.

The alternative route for Sethusamudram ship channel project through Pamban pass as suggested by RITES is subject to environment clearance and concurrence of Tamil Nadu government under whose jurisdiction Pamban channel falls, he said during the Question Hour.


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