Fw: [JaiHanuman.org] Rama Sethu And Sethu Samudram Project

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NASA SHUTTLE IMAGES OF A MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT BRIDGE BETWEEN INDIA AND SRILANKA

Courtesy : NASA Digital Image Collection

The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam's Bridge made of chain of

shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long, in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka,

reveals a mystery behind it. The bridge's unique curvature and composition by

age reveals that it is man made. The legends as well as Archeological studies

reveal that the first signs of human inhabitants in Sri Lanka date back to the a

primitive age, about 17,50,000 years ago and the bridge's age is also almost

equivalent. This information is a crucial aspect for an insight into the

mysterious legend called Ramayana, which was supposed to have taken place in

tretha yuga (more than 17,00,000 years ago). In this epic, there is a mentioning

about a bridge, which was built between Rameshwaram (India) and Srilankan coast

under the supervision of a dynamic and invincible figure called Rama who is

supposed to be the incarnation of the supreme. This information may not be of

much importance ! to the archeologist s who are interested in exploring the

origins of man, but it is sure to open the spiritual gates of the people of the

world to have come to know an ancient history linked to the Indian mythology.

Adam's Bridge also called Rama's Bridge, chain of shoals, between the islands of

Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka, and Rameswaram, off the southeastern coast

of India.'

Apart from such issues of heritage and belief, there are genuine concerns

regarding security and the tsunamis' impact increasing in case the Ram Setu is

destroyed. If the new channel is created through the present Rama's bridge,

international ships would pass through it making a de facto international

boundary between India and Sri Lanka, facilitating an increased alien presence,

burdening our navy to a great extent.

So far the sea between India and Sri Lanka has been recognised as historic

waters, though the United States has been pressurising to have it declared as

international waters and said in a naval notification in 2005 that it does not

accept the sea between India and Sri Lanka as 'historic'. The US declaration and

the role of the Tuticorin Port Trust, the nodal agency to implement the Sethu

Samudram Canal Project coupled with the haste with which the project was

inaugurated, has given rise to many unanswered questions.

The US Navy operational directive refusing to accept the sea between India and

Sri Lanka as 'historic' was made on June 23, 2005. The Prime Minister's Office

sent some queries in March 2005 to N K Raghupathy, chief of the Tuticorin Port

Trust. He sent answers to the PMO's queries on June 30, 2005 and Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh with United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi

inaugurated the project on July 2, 2005. Why were the queries sent to the TPT

and not to an agency which had scientific authority to look into the geological

and maritime aspects of the project? Why did the prime minister and the UPA

chairperson rush to inaugurate the project without, prima facie, having the time

to look into the answers given by the TPT chief? Why was the present route

okayed which essentially requires the destruction of the Ram Setu, while other

options, closer to Dhanushkodi, which did not touch the Ram Setu were ignored?

Local fishermen, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike oppose the present route

and are demanding alternative channels, which are available. They say the

present channel would destroy marine life and corals. This will kill the trade

in shankas (shells) that has a turnover in excess of Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5

billion) per annum. Invaluable thorium deposits would be affected, which are too

important for our nuclear fuel requirements.

Professor Tad Murthy, the world renowned tsunami expert, who advised the

Government of India on the tsunami warning system and edited the Tsunami Journal

for over 20 years, has also warned that the present Setu Samudram route may

result in tsunami waves hitting Kerala more fiercely. In a reply to a query

regarding the Sethusanmudram's impact, he wrote, 'During the Indian Ocean

tsunami of December 26, 2004, the southern part of Kerala was generally spared

from a major tsunami, mainly because the tsunami waves from Sumatra region

travelling south of the Sri Lankan island, partially diffracted northward and

affected the central part of the Kerala coast. Since the tsunami is a long

gravity wave (similar to tides and storm surges) during the diffraction process,

the rather wide turn it has to take spared the south Kerala coast. On the other

hand, deepening the Sethu Canal might provide a more direct route for the

tsunami and this could impact south Kerala.'

The issue concerns us all, and should be taken up as Indians, without getting

entangled in party lines and political games. The Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge

belongs to all humanity, being an important heritage site; hence the government

should not allow it to become another issue affecting Hindu sensitivities.

Nobody is opposing the Sethu Samudram Project, only a realignment of the route

is being asked, as the present one destroys the Ram Setu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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