Sri Rama setu Surakshaya manch vows to stop Sethusamudram project.

Bhubaneswar (VISAKEO - 8/9): State unit of SriRama setu Surakhya manch on Saturday announced to carry out a massive agitation in the State in protest against the Sethusamudram Shipping Project.The  Surakshaya Manch however warned the Union Government against playing with the sentiments of Hindus and demanded immediate scrapping of the Sethusamudram project, which it said would damage Ramsethu in the Palk Straits. The belief that the Ramsethu was the bridge built by Vanar Sena as mentioned in the Ramayana was unquestionable. It is the belief of crores of Hindus, and the Centre should not hurt them. The Government should change the alignment of the project to save Ramsethu, State coordinator of Rama setu Suraksya manch, Gouri Prasad Rath said at a news conference here. Ramsethu was not just an issue of religious faith, it also had security value for the nation as it had a rich reserve of Thorium, used as a nuclear fuel, and also a natural barrier against disasters like tsunami, he said. The future course of agitation would be chalked out later if the Centre failed to respect the Hindu sentiments, he said. He further said that Puri Seer Jagadguru Nischalananda Saraswati has already given his morale support to the three-hour long Chakka Jam called on September 12 from 8am to 11am.