The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

While the first agreement focused on the maritime boundary in waters between Adam’s Bridge and the Palk Strait, the second one in 1976 defined the maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Mannar and ...

Spanning 2.08 kilometers across the Palk Strait, the bridge features a 72.5-meter vertical lift span that can be raised up to 17 meters, allowing ships to pass through without disrupting train ...

The Palk Straits is a narrow body of water that separates India (Tamil Nadu) from Sri Lanka and is connected to the Gulf of Mannar. The strait is named after Robert Palk, a former governor of ...

Crossing the shallow Palk Strait which separates southern India and Sri Lanka, the bridge carries the line from Mandapam on the mainland to Rameswaram on Pamban Island. India’s first vertical lift ...

Ram Setu is one of the most interesting, yet controversial geographical features in the Indian subcontinent. Stretching about 50 kilometers across the shallow waters of the Palk Strait, it ...

The newly inaugurated Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu is more than just a marvel of engineering—it revives a century-old dream of seamless travel between India and Sri Lanka. Once a vibrant rail-ferry ...

The service allowed passengers to travel from Madras to Dhanushkodi by train, cross the Palk Strait using steamer to Talaimannar in Sri Lanka, and then continue by rail to Colombo. This was how it ...

India is growing outwards. In another remarkable milestone, ahead of the inauguration of the Srinagar rail line later this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Pamban bridge—India’s ...

India’s first vertical lift railway sea bridge, a 2.07-kilometre-long marvel, spans the Palk Strait in Tamil Nadu. It connects Rameswaram on Pamban Island to mainland India and is engineered to ...

Mannar Island, which is home to some of the world’s most beautiful migratory bird species including flamingoes, was proposed as the potential location for a mega scale renewable energy project. ..