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The inauguration of a new ferry, HSC Cheriyapani linking India and Sri Lanka has brought back memories of the old Boat mail, an express train and ferry service that connected Madras and Colombo via Dhanushkodi. Arup K Chatterjee looks back at the cultural legacy of the Boat Mail and the economic and political signficance of the new ferry service.
By R. R. M. Lilani
The ferry service between India and Sri Lanka, as well as railway connections, have all but vanished since the turn of the 19th and the 20th centuries, and the use of a comfortable Singaporean passenger vessel ‘IndSri‘ to sail between Karikkal (KKL)Port in South India and Kanke
The blast of a fire whistle echoed through downtown Mystic, setting in motion an event the village had long awaited.
On the Groton side, a delegation of officials set out from the Mystic Hook and Lad.
The Indian Railways, which is on the path of development, is now moving towards showcasing a classic example of an engineering marvel with the newly proposed Pamban Bridge.