Talaimannar (; ) is a settlement in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
located on the northwestern coast of
Mannar Island.
Transport
Sri Lanka's northern railway line was destroyed, disrupted or neglected during the 30-year
Sri Lankan civil war, which ended in May 2009.
[ The Mannar railway line, rebuilt by an Indian company, was reopened by Indian Prime Minister ]Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...
in 2015. The pier is served by a station of the Sri Lanka Railways
The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය ''Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya''; Sri Lankan Tamil dialects, Tamil: ...
with railway terminus at Talaimannar which connects Talaimannar to rail network in Sri Lanka via Medawachchiya
Medawachchiya is a town in the Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, North Central Province of Sri Lanka. Situated 27 km from Anuradhapura, on the ''A9 highway (Sri Lanka), A9'' Jaffna - Kandy main road, it is 229 km ...
.
Development
Being a windy location, Talaimannar is a kitesurf
Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, sn ...
and kiteboard destination. The government proposed a wind farm but was opposed by the local community as the area is a bird sanctuary
An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the rest of their lives. In addition, sanctuaries are an experimental staging ground for transformative human–animal relations. There are five types of ...
.
See also
* Kachchatheevu
* Palk Strait bridge
*Railway stations in Sri Lanka
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to roa ...
*Transport in Sri Lanka
Transport in Sri Lanka is based on its road network, which is centred on the country's commercial capital Colombo. A rail network handles a portion of Sri Lanka's transport needs. There are navigable waterways, harbours and three international air ...
References
External links
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Wikimapia
India–Sri Lanka border crossings
Villages in Mannar District
Mannar DS Division