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Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists staged a protest here on Thursday against a controversial project to dredge a channel in a narrow strip of sea between India and Sri Lanka, which they believe would destroy a mythological bridge made by Lord Ram.
New Delhi, July 26 : Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists staged a protest here on Thursday against a controversial project to dredge a channel in a narrow strip of sea between India and Sri Lanka, which they believe would destroy a mythological bridge made by Lord Ram.
VHP also announced launching a nationwide movement to save the mythological bridge.
"We have decided that on August 26, the last and the second day of the Dharma Sansad, we will start a Chalo Rameshwaram movement. On October 26, lakhs of people will reach there to save the bridge," said Praveen Togadia, General Secretary of VHP.
The 560-million dollars Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project will reduce the distance and cut the cost for freight traffic between India and Sri Lanka.
VHP and some other opposition leaders have urged the government to stop the project, saying it would demolish a bridge of sand linking the two countries.
Dredging for the project began in 2005 and the channel -- 12 metres deep, 300 metres wide and almost 90 km long -- will cut through the Ram Sethu bridge and link the Palk Bay with the Gulf of Mannar.
ANI
