The Indian government is fighting a case in the Supreme Court, trying to unblock a $US600 million infrastructure project first dreamed of nearly 150 years ago. The idea of a shipping channel between Sri Lanka and India was first drafted in 1860, but it’s yet to become a reality, although it would cut transport time for freight ships by around 30 hours. The problem is, the channel will have to cut through the Hindu holy site of Ram Setu.
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Speaker – Dr Greg Bailey, lecturer in Sanskrit narrative literature, La Trobe University; Dr Bradley Opdyke, ocean geologist, Australian National University.
