<p>Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari would undertake an aerial inspection of the controversial Sethusamudram Shipping Channel route on November 4, officials said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He would inspect the entire Palk Strait onboard a Coast Guard aircraft and discuss the work completed so far on the multi-crore project, district and Coast Guard officials said.<br /><br />Convenor of Ram Sethu Movement Kupuuram said Gadkari would discuss a possible alternative route.<br /><br />The project, which envisages dredging of a ship channel across the Palk Strait providing a shorter navigational route for ships from east and west coasts of the country instead of cirumventing Sri Lanka, has hit a block after protests over the proposed demolition of Ram Sethu, mythical bridge built by Lord Rama to reach Lanka.<br /></p>
<p>Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari would undertake an aerial inspection of the controversial Sethusamudram Shipping Channel route on November 4, officials said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He would inspect the entire Palk Strait onboard a Coast Guard aircraft and discuss the work completed so far on the multi-crore project, district and Coast Guard officials said.<br /><br />Convenor of Ram Sethu Movement Kupuuram said Gadkari would discuss a possible alternative route.<br /><br />The project, which envisages dredging of a ship channel across the Palk Strait providing a shorter navigational route for ships from east and west coasts of the country instead of cirumventing Sri Lanka, has hit a block after protests over the proposed demolition of Ram Sethu, mythical bridge built by Lord Rama to reach Lanka.<br /></p>