The opening of the canal sent shockwaves across the empire and in the civilised world as a whole. Various Southeast Asian kings like Narai, Narathi Hapate, Sorigo Reachea III and others were all shocked by the feat accomplished by the Bharatiya Empire, while the European monarchs like Leopold, Baltasar Charles, Gustav, Williams and others were greatly intimidated by the inhuman massive infrastructure capabilities of the Bharatiya Empire and fell into deep thought whether they could do something similar in their own nations or the colonies they control.
Even within the Bharatiya Empire itself, the buzz was immense; several economists of the empire constantly preached about the economic benefits of the Great South Bharatiya Canal, while the fishermen and sailors almost unilaterally thanked its majesty, Vijay and the government for starting and implementing such a daring and risky project.
