A proposal to make the shallow strait between India and Sri Lanka navigable has upset environmentalists and the port of Colombo. To its supporters, it is a dream project, no less than the “Suez of the East.” To its opponents it would be an environmental catastrophe. Either way, plans to dredge a channel in the seabed between India and Sri Lanka will be controversial, and could alter maritime and military operations in the Indian Ocean.
Green Marine
about 21 years ago
Proposal to Dredge a Ship Passage in the Palk Strait Hits Rough Seas
A proposal to make the shallow strait between India and Sri Lanka navigable has upset environmentalists and the port of Colombo. To its supporters, it is a dream project, no less than the “Suez of the East.” To its opponents it would be an environmental catastrophe. Either way, plans to dredge a cha
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