04-22-2007, 11:06 PM
<span style='color:red'>A jolt for Sethu project</span>
Sunday April 22 2007 11:47 IST
CHENNAI: Looks like the problems at the Sethusamudhram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) are far from over.
Now, rumours on Saturday said that another dredger got damaged affecting dredging operations at the Adamâs Bridge area.
However, senior officials denied them. After the damage of a spud of the Cutter- Sucker-Dredger Aquarius while at work and also the sinking of a part of a giant crane in the sea, fresh rumours also started doing the rounds that a dredger was damaged.
However, highly-placed sources in the Sethusamudram Corporation Limited told this website's newspaper that there were intermittent stoppage of dredging because of bad weather at the Adamâs Bridge area.
Sources said, âThe cutter- sucker-dredger, which is at work in the Adamâs Bridge, is susceptible to weather conditions. In the past few days, there had been spells of rains."
The dredger was supposed to do the job only from mid-October to mid- May, to avoid the monsoon.
âThis time, the showers started a little early. So depending on the weather, the work is being carried out now. The break of a few hours from dredging by the dredger does not mean it is stopped or damaged,â the sources clarified.
However, the dredger will stop its operations from mid-May to October.
There are four more dredgers (trailer-sucker dredger), which are weather resistant and are still operational.
Meanwhile, there were rumours that a broken dredger was being brought to the Chennai Port for repair.
Again, the sources at the Sethusamudram Corporation Limited confirmed that it was routine to bring down the dredgers to the Chennai Port for refuelling.
Instead, the officials claimed that they were trying to hurry up to complete the work.
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Sunday April 22 2007 11:47 IST
CHENNAI: Looks like the problems at the Sethusamudhram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) are far from over.
Now, rumours on Saturday said that another dredger got damaged affecting dredging operations at the Adamâs Bridge area.
However, senior officials denied them. After the damage of a spud of the Cutter- Sucker-Dredger Aquarius while at work and also the sinking of a part of a giant crane in the sea, fresh rumours also started doing the rounds that a dredger was damaged.
However, highly-placed sources in the Sethusamudram Corporation Limited told this website's newspaper that there were intermittent stoppage of dredging because of bad weather at the Adamâs Bridge area.
Sources said, âThe cutter- sucker-dredger, which is at work in the Adamâs Bridge, is susceptible to weather conditions. In the past few days, there had been spells of rains."
The dredger was supposed to do the job only from mid-October to mid- May, to avoid the monsoon.
âThis time, the showers started a little early. So depending on the weather, the work is being carried out now. The break of a few hours from dredging by the dredger does not mean it is stopped or damaged,â the sources clarified.
However, the dredger will stop its operations from mid-May to October.
There are four more dredgers (trailer-sucker dredger), which are weather resistant and are still operational.
Meanwhile, there were rumours that a broken dredger was being brought to the Chennai Port for repair.
Again, the sources at the Sethusamudram Corporation Limited confirmed that it was routine to bring down the dredgers to the Chennai Port for refuelling.
Instead, the officials claimed that they were trying to hurry up to complete the work.
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