Furthermore, I am concerned about the fact that, in spite of unanimous agreement among political, religious and scientific communities in India as well as abroad that the SSCP has been inaugurated without any detailed review of the views of important stakeholder groups, your Government has filed an affidavit seeking permission to go ahead with the SSCP and submitting that the archaeological survey (ASI) is not important. This is a clear signal that your Government plans to move ahead with the SSCP at the cost of offending the religious sentiments of millions of Hindus around the world and permanently ruining the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere, which may be one of our last remaining natural environments that have not been blemished by man!
I beg for the full & unmitigated protection of Ram Sethu in perpetuity including the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere from further damage. I also beg for the respect due & implementation of the full force & intent of pertinent international Conventions and India's Environmental Laws. I therefore urge you to immediately suspend all work on the project & withdraw all equipment forthwith from the site & appoint an independent commission to ensure that views of important stakeholder groups not consulted in the first round are taken into account. Kindly take into account the offence & hurt being felt by millions of Hindus around the world are outraged & are now more than ever watching the proceedings of this case with great vigilance.
