[Reader-list] Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project - Blueprint for an ecological disaster

[Tapas Ray]

Pawan,

If you care about ecology, don't you think that should be because it has 
a value in itself, regardless of whether or not it has value as sacred 
ground/water? If the channel had no mythology attached, would it be ok 
to alter its ecosystem? The meaning of "more so" is not clear to me. The 
way I see it, it is either worth preserving or it is not. Can't be both.

As for the BJP and VHP, which have shown complete insensitivity to 
ecological issues, would you like to see them hijack a major ecological 
issue for their own political ends? As someone who is concerned about 
ecology, are you not concerned that this would hurt the eco movement?

Tapas



Pawan Durani wrote:
> For me
> 
> 1. Sethu Samudram is a matter of faith.
> 2. I care about Ecology , more so when fiddling with it causes discomfort to
> faith of billions.
> 
> I do not care for about BJP or VHP , as long as I do not need their support
> to strengthen my cause. And in this project if they do something which halts
> the project , i dont mind.
> 
> It does not mean I am necessarily going to vote for them.
> 
> Any more candid answer needed from me ?
> 
> Pawan
> 
> 
> On 9/17/07, Shivam Vij <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>> I do, Shuddha. Don't you, Pawan? The BJP-VHP-RSS joint family can't
>> appropriate ecological concerns when it comes to Sethusundaram, and refuse
>> to answer them when it comes to the Hindu Bomb. Surely Pawan, you condemn
>> such hypocrisy?
>> best
>> shivam
>>
>>  On 9/17/07, Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Pawan,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your appreciation of my concern. Since I do not share your
>>> faith, I cannot take that into consideration in my assessment of the
>>> Sethusamudran Project. But since I do share your ecological,
>>> developmental and financial concerns, I fully agree with you that the
>>> Sethusamudran Project is going to be a disaster.
>>>
>>> Now since you share my ecological, financial and developmental concerns
>>> (and whether or not you do share my attitude to questions of faith, on
>>> which we can agree to disagree) I do hope you will share in my
>>> condemnation of the Nuclear Tests in Pokhran, the military occupation of
>>> the Siachen glacier, the Narmada Dam and the 'canalization' plan
>>> proposed by the Bharatiya Janata Party as an alternative to the
>>> Sethusamduran Project. Because these are  and have been all ecological,
>>> developmental and financial disasters.
>>>
>>> You do, don't you?
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Shuddha (not Gargi)
>>>