In a significant move that strengthen the bilateral ties between two neighbouring nations India and Sri Lanka, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is all set to construct a bridge between two nations across Indian Ocean. The bridge is called as “Hanuman Bridge”. The Hanuman Bridge is built along the stretch of low-lying banks that connect India to Sri Lanka across the Palk Strait. The distance is estimated as 19 mile Palk Strait in the Indian Ocean.
romoting connectivity, within and across national boundaries, has been a major priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His Sri Lankan counterpart, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who visited Delhi recently, is completley in favour of the bridge. In fact, Mr Ranil had proposed the construction of a land bridge across the Palk Strait when he was PM of Sri Lanka more than a decade ago. With this, both the nations are not lookin back and going ahead on this prestigious, historic significant of building bridge.
As per Hindu Mythology, in famous Ramayana lore, the story goes that Lord Rama had built this bridge (Ram Setu) with the help of Hanuman’s army Vanaras and walked into Lanka to rescue his wife-Goddess Sita from King Ravana. Still there are evidences, traces of this bridge on the ocean. Now Modi is going to do what Lord Rama did centuries ago and with the help of Sri Lankans!
Corroborating it, BJP said in a statement, “India and Sri Lanka plan to build a bridge across the Indian Ocean. They both are separated by the 19 mile wide Plak straits in the Ocean. This will help in developing inter connectivity and transport. The bridge is being referred as Hanuman Bridge.
The new Hanuman Bridge will improve the trade between the two countries, as well as exchange of commodities. It will also ease the lives of many Indian exporters. A reasonable fraction of India’s exports are shipped from the port of Colombo (Sri Lanka capital) mainly due to capacity shortage and lack of infrastructure in Indian ports.”