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India-Sri Lanka passenger ferry service to be relaunched
The much-delayed passenger ferry service connecting Nagapattinam, in Tamil Nadu, with the Kankesanthurai (KKS), a suburb of the Jaffna district, in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, is set to commence on August 16, Indian media reported.
IndSri Ferry Services Private Limited, the ferry operator, announced that the service bookings would open from midnight yesterday, DT Next reported.
There were plans to relaunch it in May but there were delays and it eventually got cancelled.
The service was virtually flagged off by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 14 last year with the vessel ‘Cheriyapani’, after a hiatus of nearly 40 years. It was operated by the Shipping Corporation of India under KPVS Private Limited. It was then halted after about a week, owing to rough weather during the North-East monsoon.
