, ▁Gr ieve , ▁and ▁Christopher ▁along ▁with ▁dra ug ht s man ▁Felix ▁Jones , ▁and ▁operations ▁to ▁d red ge ▁the ▁channel ▁were ▁recom men ced ▁the ▁next ▁year . ▁However , ▁these ▁and ▁subsequent ▁efforts ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁did ▁not ▁succeed ▁in ▁keeping ▁the ▁passage ▁navig able ▁for ▁any ▁vessels ▁except ▁those ▁with ▁a ▁light ▁draft . ▁ ▁S eth us am ud ram ▁sh ipping ▁canal ▁project ▁ ▁The ▁government ▁of ▁India ▁constit uted ▁nine ▁comm itte es ▁before ▁independence , ▁and ▁five ▁comm itte es ▁since ▁then , ▁to ▁suggest ▁align ments ▁for ▁a ▁S eth us am ud ram ▁canal ▁project . ▁Most ▁of ▁them ▁suggested ▁land - based ▁pass ages ▁across ▁R ames war am ▁island , ▁and ▁none ▁recommended ▁alignment ▁across ▁Adam ' s ▁Bridge . ▁The ▁S eth us am ud ram ▁project ▁committee ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁also ▁strongly ▁recommended ▁to ▁the ▁Union ▁government ▁to ▁use ▁land ▁pass ages ▁instead ▁of ▁cutting ▁Adam ' s ▁Bridge ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁several ▁advantages ▁of ▁land ▁passage . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁India ▁approved ▁a ▁multi - mill ion ▁doll ar ▁S eth us am ud ram ▁Sh ipping ▁Canal ▁Project ▁that ▁a ims ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁ship ▁channel ▁across ▁the ▁P alk ▁Stra it ▁by ▁d red ging ▁the ▁shall ow ▁ocean ▁floor ▁near ▁D han ush k odi . ▁The ▁channel ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁cut ▁over ▁ 4 0 0  