"ADITYA" - INDIAS FIRST SOLAR FERRY

The Department got completed a SOLAR POWERED VESSEL especially the first endeavour in inland Water Transport sector in India, named "ADITYA" which was inaugurated service on 12/01/2017 by Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala under the Chairmanship of Shri. A. K. Saseendran the Hon'ble Minister for Transport of Kerala and the switch on ceremony of the vessel was blessed by Shri Piyush Goyal the Hon'ble Minister of Petroleum, Govt. of India. The solar vessel with 75 passenger capacity has been playing service successfully covering Vaikom - Thavanakadavu route averting a wide range of air and water pollution.