India-Sri Lanka ferry service resumption delayed indefinitely

16 May 2024 09:51 pm Views - 2134

The resumption of the passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in India and the Kankesanthurai region near Jaffna in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka has been delayed again for an indefinite period, Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has said.

The passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai (KKS) suburb of Jaffna district, which was to resume on May13, was delayed due to a "technical shortcoming", de Silva said on Wednesday.