The Sethu Canal, also known as the Sethu Samudram Ship Canal Project, is a proposed navagational canal through a 19-mile (30 km) stretch of shallow sea in the Palk Strait that would bypass passage around Sri Lanka.
The Sethu Canal, also known as the Sethu Samudram Ship Canal Project, was inaugurated on 2 July, 2005, by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. This proposed navagational canal through a 19-mile (30 km) stretch of shallow sea in the Palk Strait would bypass passage around Sri Lanka.