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Case of declaring Ram Setu as a national monument is pending in the court, the government gave information in the Lok Sabha
The government told the Parliament that no proposal to declare Ram Setu of national importance is currently pending. The Central Government gives two months' time to issue a notification declaring the ancient monument of national importance. Minister G Kishan Reddy said that out of the antiquities received from foreign countries during the last ten years, 31 antiquities received from Australia, Singapore, Britain and America are from Tamil Nadu.
Ram Setu was once again mentioned in Parliament. The government told Parliament that the matter of declaring Ram Setu as a national monument is pending in the court. Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said this in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
In his reply, he also said that no proposal to declare Ram Setu of national importance is currently pending. He was asked whether a request to declare marine or submerged sites like Ram Setu in the country as national monuments is pending with the Government of India.
He said monuments and sites are declared under Section 4 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958. The Central Government gives a time of two months to issue a notification of its intention to declare any ancient monument of national importance.
