Edited By: Richa Mukherjee
Last Updated: January 19, 2023, 12:34 IST
Ram Setu, also referred to as Adam’s bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between Pamban Island or Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. (PTI)
The centre additionally said that if the petitioner, Rajya Sabha Member Subramanium Swamy, needs to submit a communication to the government, he might accomplish that
In the most recent growth to the Ram Setu case, the Centre knowledgeable the supreme courtroom that it’s beneath deliberation on the difficulty of whether or not it shall be declared a nationwide heritage monument.
The centre additionally said that if the petitioner, Rajya Sabha Member Subramanium Swamy, needs to submit a communication to the government, he might accomplish that.
This comes whilst extended litigation initiated by former Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy to declare the Ram Setu a nationwide heritage monument lies ending within the apex courtroom.
Swamy had raised the difficulty of declaring Ram Setu as a nationwide monument in his PIL plea towards the controversial Sethusamudram Ship Channel challenge, initiated by the UPA authorities. The Supreme courtroom stayed nevertheless the work for the challenge on the Ram Setu in 2007.
The Centre later mentioned it thought of the “socio-economic disadvantages” of the challenge and was prepared to discover one other path to the transport channel challenge with out damaging the Ram Setu however nonetheless the listening to on the matter was adjourned repeatedly as a result of the Union authorities has not filed an affidavit on Swamy’s plea.
In the final listening to on November 10, a Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud requested the federal government why it was “dragging its feet” even for submitting an affidavit to which the federal government in energy had replied that the affidavit was prepared however was ready for the approval of the Ministry involved.
The situation was additionally raised in a latest parliament session the place Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh took up the trigger to place forth his standpoint.
“The history dates back more than 18,000 years and if you go by history, that bridge was about 56 km long. Yes, to some extent, through space technology we have been able to discover pieces and islands, some kind of limestone shoals, which of course, can’t be accurately said to be remnants or parts of a bridge,” Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh mentioned within the Rajya Sabha not too long ago.
Ram Setu, also referred to as Adam’s bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between Pamban Island or Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.
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