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NEW DELHI: India and Sri Lanka restarted a ferry service between Nagappatinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna on Saturdaynearly four decades after it was suspended--as part of efforts to put in place connectivity initiatives that would push South Asian integration...
The ferry service initiative was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesignhe during the latters visit to India in July...
It can cover the distance of about 60 nm (110 Km) between Nagapattinam and KKS in about three and a half hours under good weather conditions, officials said.. Ferry services between India and Sri Lanka were suspended in the 1980s for security reasons..
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