India-Sri Lanka Passenger Ferry Service from April 29

New Delhi: A passenger ferry service between Sri Lanka and India will begin by the end of April this year. This proposed passenger transportation project between India and Sri Lanka was much awaited by citizens of both countries. Union Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva informed this on Sunday. It will take four hours to travel from India to Sri Lanka on this ferry service.

“On April 29, the ferry service between Karaikal and Kankesanthurai in port in Jaffna district would begin. Each passenger would be allowed a 100 kg baggage allowance at a very concessionary rate,” the minister said.

According to De Silva said passenger ferry service operators of both countries will be allowed to run the service. A passenger terminal is being built by the Sri Lankan Navy at Kankesanthurai for the purpose. The service would be a four-hour-long voyage, the Aviation Ministry here said.