Plea in Supreme Court seeks Ram Setu be declared a national monument
The Hindu
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking that the Ram Setu be declared a national monument. The PIL, filed by advocate Ashok Pandey, also seeks construction of a wall at the spot to facilitate devotees.
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking that the Ram Setu be declared as a national monument.
The PIL, filed by advocate Ashok Pandey, also seeks construction of a wall at the spot to facilitate devotees.
On March 20, the top court had said that it will list at the earliest a petition by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction to the Centre to declare the Ram Setu as a national heritage monument.
Ram Setu, also known as Adam's bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between Pamban Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.
Mr. Swamy had raised the issue of declaring the Ram Setu a national monument in his PIL against the controversial Sethusamudram Ship Channel project, initiated by the UPA-I government.
The matter reached the apex court, which in 2007 stayed work for the project on the Ram Setu.
The Centre later said it had considered the "socio-economic disadvantages" of the project and was willing to explore another route to the shipping channel project without damaging the Ram Setu.
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