{"id":265280,"date":"2023-10-19T19:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=265280"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:04:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:34:42","slug":"sea-service-ferry-between-tamil-nadu-northern-sri-lanka-holds-much-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sea-service-ferry-between-tamil-nadu-northern-sri-lanka-holds-much-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea service \u2014 Ferry between Tamil Nadu, Northern Sri Lanka holds much potential."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>This post has been created based on the article<strong> \u201cSea service\u201d<\/strong> published in<strong> The Hindu<\/strong> on<strong> 19<sup>th<\/sup> October 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 International Relations \u2014 India and its neighborhood- relations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>:\u00a0This article discusses the potential of the recent opening of passenger ferry service between Sri Lanka and India. It also proposes suggestions to ensure its success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest of the aspects of this news have been already covered in the following article:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-sri-lanka-ferry-service-restarted-after-40-yrs-opportunities-challenges\/\">https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-sri-lanka-ferry-service-restarted-after-40-yrs-opportunities-challenges\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What may be the potential impact of this new service?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The development would strengthen <strong>cultural, economic, and civilisational ties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It can also improve cooperation in <strong>disaster management and maritime security<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It may also enable <strong>voluntary repatriation of refugees<\/strong> from Sri Lanka, living in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What steps should be undertaken in order to make it successful?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Factors such as <strong>Sri Lanka\u2019s civil war, lack of patronage and cyclones<\/strong> have led to lukewarm response to earlier connectivity initiatives. Hence, the following should be done:<\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>Lowering of the fare<\/strong> and increasing the baggage allowance.<\/p>\n<p>2) The provision of <strong>amenities<\/strong> at Nagapattinam such as a dormitory and improving rail connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>3) Sri Lanka should consider <strong>promoting economic ties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4) <strong>Sustained policy attention<\/strong> will be critical to making this service a success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post has been created based on the article \u201cSea service\u201d published in The Hindu on 19th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 International Relations \u2014 India and its neighborhood- relations. News:\u00a0This article discusses the potential of the recent opening of passenger ferry service between Sri Lanka and India. It also proposes&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sea-service-ferry-between-tamil-nadu-northern-sri-lanka-holds-much-potential\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sea service \u2014 Ferry between Tamil Nadu, Northern Sri Lanka holds much potential.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,239,10498],"class_list":["post-265280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-international-relations","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":48,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698423554},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}