The Supreme Court today granted six weeks more to the government to apprise it of its stand on the controversial Sethusamudram project. A high level Committee has said that an alternative alignment, other than the one through mythological Ram Sethu, is not economically and ecologically feasible. A bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad gave more time to the government to disclose its stand on the project on Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman plea for it. Mr Nariman said, the Union Cabinet is yet to consider and take a decision on the report and sought eight weeks more for the government, but the bench granted it six weeks.
The apex court on July 2 had granted two months to the government to come out with its stand after analysing the committee's 37-page report.