Navy, Coast Guard see red over Ram Setu project
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Thu, Jan 31 09:50 PM
New Delhi: The Sethu Samundaram project is being put on hold at least for now. The government's political reluctance has now been bolstered by a military caveat after the Navy chief and the Coast Guard Director General said that the project is a security threat.
The military establishment has warned that dredging a channel out of Adam's Bridge or Ram Setu will create a serious security problem for India.
"By virtue of the close boundary lines between Sri Lanka and us, obviously the implications are there for the security," Vice-Admiral RF Contractor, DG Coast Guard, warned.
The Coast Guard DG's warning comes close on the heels of reservations expressed by Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta.
And with the armed forces going public with their view, it's clear that the United Progressive Alliance Government cleared the contentious Rs 2,500 crore project without a proper security audit.
"Expert bodies like the Coast Guard Chiefs are raising matters of serious security concern, then it is a matter that ought to be factored into by the Government of India," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shanker Prasad said.
The Congress would rather be out of the controversy though the development immensely suits their present political stand - delay any stand and it seems to be finding a way out of an embarrassing situation.
"The chief of the Naval Staff may have said or the coast guard may said but these are all that will be inputs before the government before they take a decision or before they go ahead," Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said.
So while believers and non-believers slug it out on the authenticity of Lord Ram's mythological legacy, the armed forces have made it clear that breaching the Ram Setu would be a big folly.
(With inputs from Shiv Pujan Jha)
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