<p>The Cabinet has approved a proposal by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to develop the Kankesanturai (KKS) port with Indian aid, the spokesman said.<br /><br />A MoU is to be signed soon with the Indian government on the project.The port will be developed in two phases.A new breakwater will also to be constructed under the project.<br />KKS harbour was crucial to Sri Lanka's decades long military conflict with the LTTE.<br /><br />It served as the only supply point for the troops stationed in the Jaffna peninsula.<br />The expansion of the KKS harbour would lead to enhanced commerce between India and Sri Lanka, officials said.<br /><br />Infrastructure in the Jaffna peninsula was neglected during the country's three-decades-long ethnic war which ended in May 2009.</p>
<p>The Cabinet has approved a proposal by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to develop the Kankesanturai (KKS) port with Indian aid, the spokesman said.<br /><br />A MoU is to be signed soon with the Indian government on the project.The port will be developed in two phases.A new breakwater will also to be constructed under the project.<br />KKS harbour was crucial to Sri Lanka's decades long military conflict with the LTTE.<br /><br />It served as the only supply point for the troops stationed in the Jaffna peninsula.<br />The expansion of the KKS harbour would lead to enhanced commerce between India and Sri Lanka, officials said.<br /><br />Infrastructure in the Jaffna peninsula was neglected during the country's three-decades-long ethnic war which ended in May 2009.</p>