Setusamudram project: SC refuses stay

The Supreme Court has refused to grant interim stay against the implementation of Setusamudram shipping canal project which will distroy the barrier called Ramsetu, believed to have been constructed by Lord Rama and his vanar sena to cross the sea from Rameshwaram to Sri Lanka which was ruled by the demon king Ravana.

A vacation bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and D K Jain, however, fixed May 28 for hearing of the writ petition filed by Dandi Swami Vidyananda Bharti and others.

The petitioners contended before the court that the Ramsetu situated in southeast of Rameshwaram near Pamban which connects Talaimanar coast of Sri Lanka commands great respect among the majority of the population of the country.

According to the Hindu mythology the setu was built by Lord Rama to free his wife Sita from the captivity of the demon king Ravana who had abducted her.

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