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The activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today staged a token fast here to
protest against the ''demolition'' of 'Ramar Sethu' (Adam's bridge) in the Palk
Straits for Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project.
Speaking on the occasion, VHP International Working President S Vedantham said
about 20 per cent of 'Ramar Sethu' had been demolished, despite the Madras High
Court's recent observation that the Centre should preserve it as a national
heritage.
He said the VHP would organise a ''Rameswaram Chalo'' agitation on August 26
and take pledge to make any sacrifice to protect the 'Sethu'.
Refuting the project Chairman's recent claim that US space agency NASA had
concluded that 'Ramar Sethu' was not man-made, he said NASA had clarified, in
response to an email by the outfit, that their information was based solely
on astronaut photography dataset, which did not provide information on the age,
subsurface structure or composition of islands in the Palk Straits.
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