THE day-to-day life which was crippled due to terrorism in the North and East is normal today. So, there is rapid development taking place in different fields in those areas. In parallel with those developments, a new boat service was launched between Maninthalai Jetty in Pooneryn and Kolombuthurai Jetty in Jaffna on Sunday (13) during a brief ceremony after renovation of those Jetties.
This new boat service facilitates people to move between the Jaffna Peninsula and the mainland within a much shorter period of time since they had to cover about 120 km when using land route, but now they have to travel only 10 km using boats. This service was initiated as a result of a request made by the people in the area from Mr. Namal Rajapaksa (MP) when he visited the area, a couple of weeks back.
The Jetty in Maninthalai was renovated with the assistance of soldiers in 661 Brigade that comes under 66 Division. The service was officially declared open by Mr. Namal Rajapaksa (MP) and the permission was granted to the private sector as well to launch boat services with Navy assisting the project.
Ministers Douglas Devananda, Dilan Perera and Susantha Punchinilame, Governor for North Major General (Rtd) G.A. Chandrasiri, Bollywood film star Vivek Oberoi, Security Forces Commander, Kilinochchi, 66 Division Commander, State officials and a large number of people from the area were present on the occasion. Those who reached Kolombuthurai Jetty after the first journey were given a warm welcome by the officials and people in Jaffna.
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