Ram Sethu doesn’t exist, Centre tells SC

Zeenews Bureau New Delhi, July 23:

The Central government on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it is going ahead with the contentious Sethusamudram Project. In an affidavit filed before the SC, the Centre said that it was not destroying the ‘Ram Sethu’ as no such bridge existed. Lord Ram himself had destroyed the bridge with a magical bow, the Centre said in the affidavit, quoting from the Tamil ‘Kamban Ramayan’. The government is only trying to build a channel through the Palk Bay to allow the direct passage of ships from the West Coast to the East Coast without going around Sri Lanka, the Centre added. The Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project, once complete, will translate into a saving of upto 424 nautical miles and upto 30 hours in ships’ sailing time. The project, which started in July 2004, ran into troubled waters when Hindu groups began protesting against the dredging across the Sethusamudram Canal, saying it would destroy the Ram Sethu, or Adam’s Bridge, believed to be the passage created by Lord Rama to rescue his wife from the hands of demon King Ravana in Sri Lanka. Environmentalists also opposed the project saying it would destroy the biosphere reserve in the area laden with coral reefs. BJP objects to Centre's affidavitBJP took strong exception to the Centre's affidavit on Sethusamudram project which objects to religious grounds being raked up for blocking the venture, claiming the UPA was "paying a price" for the support it received from the DMK during the trust vote. "The UPA is paying for the support it got from the DMK during the trust vote. The affidavit is another blow on the sentiments of millions of Hindus in the country," senior BJP leader V K Malhotra told agencies. The saffron party also decided to launch a countrywide agitation against the UPA Government on the issue, the details of which would be worked out soon. The party would launch a nationwide agitation soon to protest the new move by the Government to go ahead with the controversial project, he said.


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According to UPA, Ram does not exist. So how could a non-existent Ram destroy a non-existent Ram Sethu? - K.Venugopal - Mumbai

why you people are giving issue to BJP. - sumon dutta - Dhaka

The First Gift to "DMK" to support UPA in the TRUST Vote in Parliament - Pervez - madurai