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Ferry service from India to Sri Lanka resume

  • October 15, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Ferry service from India to Sri Lanka resume

Subject: International Relations

Section: Places in news

Context: Ferry service from India to Sri Lanka resumed after 40 years.

More about the news:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated a ferry service between India and Sri Lanka, reviving a connection that had been canceled due to the civil war.
  • The ferry runs between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna, strengthening cultural and historical ties.
  • The leaders also discussed potential collaborations in fintech, energy, and digital payments.
  • The service aims to enhance people-to-people contacts, promote regional connectivity, and boost tourism, covering a 60-nautical mile journey in approximately 3.5 hours.
  • The service will be operated by the Shipping Corporation of India.

Some facts about Palk Strait:

  • It is a strait that lies between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the island nation of Sri Lanka.
  • The strait is named after Robert Palk, who was a governor of Madras Presidency (1755-1763) during the British Raj period.
  • It is bounded on the south by Pamban Island (India), Adam’s (Rama’s) Bridge (a chain of shoals), the Gulf of Mannar, and Mannar Island (Sri Lanka). 
  • It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest.
  • The southwestern portion of the strait is also called Palk Bay.
  • The strait is 40 to 85 miles wide, 85 miles long, and less than 330 feet deep.
  • Several rivers flow into it, including the Vaigai River of Tamil Nadu.
  • The port of Jaffna, the commercial center for northern Sri Lanka, lies on the strait.
Ferry service from India to Sri Lanka resume IR

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