INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nearly four decades after India and Sri Lanka stopped a passenger ferry service, a high-speed passenger ferry service was launched on
Tamil Nadu with Kankesanthurai in the northern province of Sri Lanka.At 08:15 a.m
on Saturday, Cheriyapani departed Nagapattinam port towards Kankesanthurai with 50 passengers and 12 crew members under Captain Biju
this afternoon, and headed back to Nagapattinam at 02:00 p.m.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed gratitude after the passenger
ferry service was resumed
service initially planned to commence on 10 October, underwent some administrative issues and had to be rescheduled for 12 October and later
stronger people-to-people relations
The initiative renews historical sea ties that existed between the two countries since the early 1900s.Decades ago, the Indo-Ceylon Express
reintroduction of ferry services comes two years after the two countries signed a passenger transportation Memorandum of Understanding
