New Delhi: RSS and BJP on Sunday claimed that some NASA satellite images have shown the remains of a man-made bridge Ram Sethu connecting India and Sri Lanka.
Holding an "American conspiracy" responsible for the Sethusamudram project which he said breached the mythological Ram Sethu, RSS chief K S Sudarshan asked the Prime Minister to halt the ongoing shipping canal project.
"This project is being opposed by all Hindus, Muslims and Christians. The two ships sent for dredging returned with their blades broken," PTI quoted Sudarshan as stating in the latest issue RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya.
The issue also prominently carries interviews by the BJP national president Rajnath Singh and chief ministers of BJP ruled states, demanding scrapping of the project.
The project envisages linking Palk Strait and Gulf Mennar by making a shipping canal through Rameshwaram Island, allowing ships to save 16 hours voyage of 400 nautical miles circling Sri Lanka and Rs 21 crore worth fuel per year.
NASA in its space missions has documented the existence of a bridge on two occasions. The latest one was through Shuttle Radar.
Topography Mission aboard space shuttle Endeavor launched in February 2000.
"Sri Lanka is shaped like a giant teardrop falling from the southern tip of the vast Indian subcontinent. It is separated from India by the 50km wide Palk Strait, although there is a series of stepping-stone coral islets known as Adam's Bridge that almost form a land bridge between the two countries," PTI quoted NASA records.
(With agency inputs)
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