India and Sri Lanka to be added to Maldives ferry network, says Transport Minister
13 Jan 2011, 6:19 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The government will connect neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka and India to its growing ferry transport network, Minister for Transport and Communication Adhil Saleem said today.
The government is in discussions with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to add its member countries to Maldives Transportation Network, under phase two of the rollout of the ferry network.
There is currently no scheduled passenger ferry service between the Maldives and other countries, with travellers forced to fly to their destinations.
Domestically, all provinces have at least a skeletal ferry service in place, Minivan News understands, while the Ministry’s statistics show that the new ferry transportation network has completed over 311,000 ferry trips since it began operation last year. A government bus service has completed an additional 49,204 trips.
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