2017
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Question
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India proposed to operate a Sri Lankan airport near which of the following seaport?
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Hambantota
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Trincomalee Harbour
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Port of Galle
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Oluvil Harbour
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Both the ports are on either side of Hambantota and fall in line of international shipping routes. There are also developments projects at Kankesanthurai port on the northern tip of Sri Lanka, very close to India, and at Trincomalee port on its north eastern coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -Struggling to pay back over eight billion-dollar Chinese loans and investments, the previous Sri Lankan government has handed over the majority share of the Hambantota port to a Chinese state-owned company on a 99-year lease to raise USD 1.2 billion.
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