Chennai, March 3 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has urged the BJP government at the Centre to immediately give its approval for eight archaeological excavations including Keeladi, Adichanalluur and Nagapattinam.
Questioning the Centre's hesitation in granting the approvals, he noted that the antiquity of Tamil civilisation does not diminish India but adds to its civilisational pride.
He also sought to know what the BJP government at the Centre is afriad of and urged it to approve the excavations immediately as the excavation season in Tamil Nadu runs only from January and to July and if this window was missed, monsoon conditions would stall the field work, delay vital research and waste funds already alllocated for 2025-26.
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