By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
CHENNAI, 05 September (asiantribune.com): Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking that Setusamudram Shipping Channel Project (SSCP) be declared invalid.
Dr Swamy mentioned his application today before the Supreme Court for urgent hearing. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan, however, directed the application for hearing in the first week of October.
The application stated that there were no proper studies conducted before starting the project, and therefore the project should be declared invalid and fresh research should be carried out before restarting the project.
According to a report of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), at Dona Paula, Goa published in March 2009, he said in his application, the NIO is yet to study the impact of seasonal cycle of sediment transport and cyclones. It will also study the impact of biosphere reserve on environment due to changes brought about due to the construction and operation of the channel with alignment 4A.
Dr Swamy has also appealed to appoint an impartial committee to de novo consider the project only after the requisite data has been collected over the proper period of years and the same has been properly studied.
The Supreme Court is awaiting the report of Dr. R K Pachauri committee which was appointed by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to explore the possibility of adopting some new route\alignment to complete the project so that Ram Setu can be saved.
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