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‘A link to my motherland’: How a ferry operated by a S’pore firm is connecting India and Sri Lanka
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NAGAPATTINAM/KANKESANTHURAI - Tourists have become surprising envoys for a new ferry service traversing the strait that divides India and Sri Lanka, creating a buzz over it that could actually help forge cross-border bonds.
Since August, the Shivagangai ferry has been taking an average of 100 people several times a week from Nagapattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to Kankesanthurai, in north Sri Lanka, and making the return journey home with another batch of travellers.
