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The plan for a ferry service connecting India and Sri Lanka was first proposed in 2011 when Sri Lanka was making efforts to alter its image following the Sri Lankan Civil War. At the time, two services were considered: one connecting Thoothukudi and Colombo, and a second linking Rameswaram with Talaimannar.
Flemingo Liners is a ferry operator. The company primarily operated the Colombo-Tuticorin ferry service that was reestablished by the governments of India and Sri Lanka and also operates duty-free shops at the passenger terminals in India and Colombo.
The Rameswaram (Boat Mail) Express, previously known as the Boat Mail or Indo-Ceylon Express, is an express train that connects Rameswaram with the state capital Chennai via Tambaram, Chengalpet, Melmaruvattur, Viluppuram, Cuddalore port, Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore, Tiruchchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Sivagangai, Manamadurai, Paramakkudi and Ramanathapuram.
The Boat Mail was a major service on the line, allowing passengers to board a ferry to Rameshwaram in India. Passengers could use the Boat Mail service to travel between Colombo and Chennai. The ferry service to connect the railheads at Talaimannar and Dhanushkodi lasted until the 1960s, when a cyclone destroyed the pier and rail line at ...
In October 2000, the company became the first Sri Lankan furniture manufacturer to exploit the opportunity of setting up its first overseas store in India's Chennai mainly due to the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement. [6] [7] Damro also cashed in the opportunity of tariff concessions due to the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement. It is also ...
However, this service was discontinued. In March 2011, the vessel was acquired by Flemingo Liners, a UAE-registered company with roots in India, to revive the ferry route between India and Sri Lanka, which had been suspended in 1983 due to the Sri Lankan civil war.
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The ferry service continued till the 1970s between Rameswaram and Talaimannar, but was discontinued, and was reopened in 2011. [15] Palk Strait bridge , was an undersea tunnel linking India and Sri Lanka proposed to be constructed across the Palk Strait.