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Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project: In Need of Divine Intervention

Chandrasekaran K (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
Sachin Bhardwaj (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
Shipra Jain (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
Rohit Singh Sahani (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
Akansha Baliga (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
Prashant Sarkar (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
G. Raghuram (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)

Publication date: 10 July 2014

Abstract

The case looks at the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project from its inception in the year 1860 to 2012 when the Pachauri Committee was about to submit a report on the latest canal alignment (4A) as suggested by the Supreme Court. It takes the reader through a series of developments starting from the initial proposals and alignments to formation of Sethusamudram Corporation Limited and highlights the impact of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute Report, Tsunami Detailed Project Report, and Subramaniam Swamy Report on various issues including environmental, political, religious, security and legal. The case brings out multi-dimensional aspects involved in an Indian infrastructure project and gives both students and the faculty an opportunity to explore the complexities faced by the Indian decision makers in today's context.

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K, C., Bhardwaj, S., Jain, S., Sahani, R.S., Baliga, A., Sarkar, P. and Raghuram, G. (2014), "Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project: In Need of Divine Intervention", . https://doi.org/10.1108/CASE.IIMA.2019.000033

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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

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