Question : BRIDGE BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA

(a) whether the Prime Minister of India and Sri Lanka have approved the construction of a 20 km. long bridge linking Rameshwarm in Tamil Nadu and Talai Mannar in Sri Lanka;

(b) if so, the details of technical and financial aspects of this bridge;

(c) the details of the ownership of this bridge after its construction; and

(d) by when the bridge is likely to be completed?

THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS[MAJOR GENERAL (RETD.) B.C. KHANDURI]

(a) India and Sri Lanka have agreed to work on commissioning of feasibility study on a land bridge between the two countries.

(b) to (d) This proposal is at conceptual stage and therefore no further details can be given at this stage.