The Centre on Thursday conceded to the demand of environmentalists and religious activists on the Sethusamudram project and accepted the suggestion of the Supreme Court to look for an alternative route for dredging operations. Senior counsel Nariman, defending the project, said in court that the suggestion for alternative alignment to avoid Ram Sethu has been taken as a special case. "I have personally taken it at the highest level. It is being scientifically examined. I will come back to you by Tuesday or Wednesday," he told the bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan. Previously the Centre was adamant in its stand that the present alignment was the most suitable. Questioning the religious ground on which the project was opposed, Mr Nariman had argued that the Kamba Ramayana (Tamil poetic version of the epic) itself said Lord Ram had destroyed the bridge after rescuing Sita from Lanka. "Lord Ram destroyed the bridge, the details are there in the scriptures. You cannot damage something which does not exist," the senior counsel had said on Wednesday. The court expressed the view then that the Centre should consider alignment number four across the canal, which would address both the issues