'Vision For Connectivity Goes Beyond Transport': PM Modi As India Launches Tamil Nadu-Sri Lanka Ferry Service

Union Minister Sonowal on Saturday flagged off the Ferry service between Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka's Kankesanturai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday flagged off the Ferry service between Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka's Kankesanturai. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar joined the event virtually

#WATCH | Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal flags off the Ferry service between Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka's Kankesanturai.

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At the flag-off ceremony of the ferry service between Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka, PM Narendra Modi said, "Our vision for connectivity goes beyond the transport sector. India and Sri Lanka collaborate closely in a wide range of areas such as FinTech and energy. Digital payments have become a mass movement and a way of life in India due to UPI. We are working on FinTech sector connectivity by linking UPI and Lanka Pay..."

#WATCH | At the flag-off ceremony of the ferry service between Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka, PM Narendra Modi says, "Our vision for connectivity goes beyond the transport sector. India and Sri Lanka collaborate closely in a wide range of areas such as… pic.twitter.com/9we33b6anL

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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe also reacted on the commencement of the Ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kankesanturai and said, "This is an important step in increasing the connectivity between India and Sri Lanka...The connectivity between the two countries was disrupted due to the war in the north and now peace has returned and we can reestablish the connectivity, I discussed this with PM Modi and I must thank him and the Indian shipping corporation for the role they have played in reestablishing this connectivity"

#WATCH | On the start of the Ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kankesanturai, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe says, "This is an important step in increasing the connectivity between India and Sri Lanka...The connectivity between the two countries was disrupted due… pic.twitter.com/FX4OnLHHqK

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