XI LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session V (Monsoon) 

Thursday, August 07/Shravana 16, 1919 (Saka)



Type of Debate: MATTERS UNDER RULE-377

Title:	Need to build a National Highway between Mukuntharayan Chartram
Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu.

TEXT :
 SHRI S.P. UDAYAPPAN (RAMANATHAPURAM): National Highway No. 49 is an  important
road  which  connects  Rameswaram  Island  with  other  parts  of our country.
Pilgrims who visit Rameswaram desire to have a holy dip at Dhanushkoda bathing
ghat also. National  Highway  from  Mukuntharayar  Chatram  to  Dhanuskodi  is
abandoned due to deposit of sand by high velocity of wind and tidal sea waves.
Pilgrims  coming  to Rameswaram from all over India have to bear much hardship
to reach Dhanushkodi due to lack of proper road facility. The  fish  folks  of
Dhanushkodi  area  are  suffering  to  transport  their  daily  catches to the
marketing  centre  and  to  fetch  their  daily  needs  from  Rameshwaram  and
Ramanathapuram.  This  proposed road will also be more important from security
point of view. 

	I request Government of India to take immediate steps to form new road
to Dhanushkodi.




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