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Is Indo-Lanka land connectivity a significant step? – By Arundathie Abeysinghe Currently, feasibility studies to establish land connectivity with India is in its final stages. As revealed by Indian High Commissioner Santos Jha recently in Colombo, India-Sri Lanka Land Connectivity Corridor is the most impactful in terms of potential, a “gamechanger” for Sri Lanka. Present status of India-Sri Lanka bilateral relations and the future direction of correlations between the two nations, especially, economic partnership is a commitment to greater connectivity, including the indication of a land bridge across the Palk Strait, a 23-km long route, an over-the-sea bridge connecting Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka by land are favorable indications of a robust bilateral relationship. This route is planned to be constructed over the Palk Strait from Talaimannar (located on the northwestern coast of Mannar Island) to Rameswaram (southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu) and with suggestions to construct a railway ...