INDIA: Hindu groups protest canal project

Updated September 14, 2007 20:24:14

A proposed shipping canal project between India and Sri Lanka has triggered protest rallies across India. Hindu opponents to the project say it will destroy a group of sacred islands - the so-called "Lord Ram's bridge."

Presenter: Xiaoning Mo
Speakers: Ashraf Engineer, associate editor, Hindustan Times; Mahesh Chandra Mehta, lawyer and environmental protection activist