SWTD launches ‘India’s largest solar-electric ferry’

Achieving yet another feather in its cap, the State Water Transport department (SWTD) launched Indra, said to be India’s largest solar-electric ferry, in Alappuzha on Friday.

The 26-metre-long, seven-metre wide vessel was launched by Roshy Augustine, Minister of Irrigation, at the IWAI terminal at Punnamada, Alappuzha. Antony Raju, Minister of Transport, A.M. Arif, MP, and Director of SWTD Shaji V. Nair were among those present. They went on to travel on board the vessel.

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