{"id":111504,"date":"2021-02-09T17:07:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=111504"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:07:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T00:07:53","slug":"point-of-view-on-the-proposed-indian-expedition-to-ram-setu-adams-bridge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/02\/09\/point-of-view-on-the-proposed-indian-expedition-to-ram-setu-adams-bridge-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Point of view on the proposed Indian expedition to Ram Setu\/Adam\u2019s Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>As it is\nrevealed (Jan 31 (Island) Indian scientists will soon undertake a possibly\nfirst scientific expedition to date the chain of corals and sediments forming\nthe Ram Setu, also known as Adam\u2019s Bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This 48-km long bridge-like structure between India\nand SL finds <\/strong>mention in the great Hindu epic\nRamayana, but little is known or scientifically proven about its formation.\nRecently, a central advisory board on archaeology, functioning under the\nArchaeological Survey of India (ASI), approved the project proposal submitted\nby more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since this area\nstretches between two countries (India and Sri Lanka) and is owned by both\ncountries it is politically very sensitive area&nbsp;\nI think this study should be a joint venture .As the news item reveals\nthe study is undertaken by India without consultation or collaboration with Sri\nLanka. Therefore I&nbsp; would like to draw\nthe attention of Sri Lankan authorities&nbsp;\nto get in touch with the Indian Government and get this project\nconverted to a by partisan study&nbsp; so that\nboth countries can share the results and avoid any future possible&nbsp; conflicts. A mono Indian research project\nwill always come out with conclusions favorable to India and India will\ndefinitely use them in defeat any Sri Lankan claim in all International for The\nwill not respect the Sri Lankan interests as they are doing presently with\nregard to fishing in this region Therefore Sri Lankan Government should\nintervene at the outset&nbsp; to avoid&nbsp; future conflicts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara As it is revealed (Jan 31 (Island) Indian scientists will soon undertake a possibly first scientific expedition to date the chain of corals and sediments forming the Ram Setu, also known as Adam\u2019s Bridge. This 48-km long bridge-like structure between India and SL finds mention in the great Hindu epic Ramayana, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-sudath-gunasekara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}