KSINC struggles to stay afloat as its vessels lie idle in backwaters
The Hindu
COVID second wave derails agency’s plans to make it big in tourism field
The plight of the State-run Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) is a microcosm of the crisis that is staring at Kerala’s tourism sector which brought in revenue worth ₹40,000 crore each year to the State till the pandemic derailed the sector. The ambitious plans rolled out by KSINC to make it big in the field of tourism, including constructing and operating tourist vessels, have been derailed by the COVID second wave that hit the State in early April. This despite the agency staying afloat amid the lull in revenue caused by the first wave of the pandemic.
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