A public boat service with all facilities from Pooneryn to Jaffna commenced yesterday (Aug 03), under the directive of the Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development.
Several boats deployed under this project will operate from Pooneryn to Guru Nagar, Maniyathottam. The Transport Board of the Northern Province will take action to start a bus service from Maniyathottam to Jaffna town the same time when boats arrive to at the boat house so that people can travel to Jaffna without any delays.
This project was initiated as a result of a complaint from the people who earlier travelled in the boats which did not have enough facilities. The only alternative they had to reach Jaffna was to travel approximately 100km along the A-35 road which has many obstacles due to terrorist activities. With this boat service people can now travel to Jaffna in one hour without any delay.
Source:http://www.isria.com/pages/4_August_2010_144.php
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