Rama Setu: non-declaration as national monument

NON-DECLARATION OF RAM SETU AS NATIONAL MONUMENT

15:38 IST Tuesday, August 14, 2007, Press Information Bureau Press release

Rajya Sabha
Minister for Tourism and Culture Smt. Ambika Soni has said that no such directions have been received from the Madras High Court to declare Ram Setu (between India and Sri Lanka) as national monument under the National Monument and Archaeological Place Law, 1958.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today she said, no archaeological study has been made in respect of Ram Setu by the Archaeological Survey of India by the Archaeological Survey of India.

As per the scientific evidence available so far, Ram Setu does not fulfill the criteria to be declared as a monument of national importance under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=29871

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One Response to Rama Setu: non-declaration as national monument

  1. Minu Mukherjee says:
    August 15, 2007 at 2:38 am

    Ambika Soni, herself a Convert, is furthering Sonia Maino’s agenda.

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