Gadkari: NO question of demolishing Ram Sethu
November 04, 2014  18:03
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Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said there was no question of demolishing 'Ram Sethu' while implementing the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project and asserted it would be done without harming the environment.

"There is no question of demolishing 'Ram Sethu'  (mythical bridge built by Lord Rama to reach Lanka) while implementing Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project,' he told reporters after inspecting the area by air in a Coast Guard aircraft and through sea by hovercraft (pictured).

Gadkari said government was studying four or five options and its implications, including cost, as suggested in a report submitted by RITES, after government asked it to survey an alternate alignment and possibilities for constructing SSCP.

The SSCP project envisages dredging a ship channel across Palk Straits, providing a shorter navigational route for ships from east and west coasts of the country instead of circumventing Sri Lanka, has hit a block after protests over the proposed demolition of Ram Sethu.
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