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The document requests the Supreme Court to stop the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project and declare Rama Setu as an ancient national monument for the following reasons: 1) The environmental impact assessment and project reports did not adequately consider the risk and effects of a potential tsunami, which could endanger lives and property. 2) The project would damage the ecologically sensitive Gulf of Mannar region, home to many endangered species, without following the precautionary principle. 3) There is evidence that Rama Setu is man-made and of archaeological importance, so it should be protected under national heritage laws instead of destroyed by the project. 4) The project will likely destroy endangered species living