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UPALok Sabha 2004Infrastructuremeasurable

Complete the Sethusamudram project and other long-pending state projects expeditiously

“Long-pending schemes in specific states that have national significance, like the Sethu Samuthuiram project”
— National Common Minimum Programme of the Government of India (UPA), May 2004, page 15
TAREEKH PE TAREEKHStalled

The verdict

The Sethusamudram canal project was inaugurated on 2 July 2005 but was held up by environmental and religious objections and court proceedings. It was never completed and closure was announced in March 2021.

Rule applied: Stalled: deadline passed or 2+ years idle, but funded or a bill was introduced → 2

⌛ 6,345 din lateImplied deadline (end of term): 22 May 2009Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
2/10

Evidence timeline

  1. Other2 Jul 2005· Wikipediasupports
    Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project ↗

    “Inaugurated 2 July 2005; Supreme Court delayed it in 2010 pending environmental analysis; closure announced March 2021; project never completed.”

Promise ID upa-cmp-2004-024 · drafted 4 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON