Port Blair, March 29 : In a significant development, the second 500-Passenger capacity Ship MV Nalanda has successfully completed Sea trial at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi and is almost ready to be handed over to the Andaman and Nicobar Administration. Earlier in the month of May 2021, the Cochin Shipyard Limited had delivered MV Sindhu, another 500 passengers cum 150 MT Cargo Vessel built indigenously for Andaman and Nicobar. Andaman and Nicobar Administration had placed orders for MV Sindhu and MV Nalanda several years back and with the delivery of MV Nalanda, the order will be fully executed by CSL. Both the ships are a part of an order from the Andaman and Nicobar Administration under the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the government. “MV Nalanda will join service at Port Blair post-MMD inspection & registration,” officials of Andaman’s Shipping Services told on Tuesday. The ship will play mainly between the groups of islands and can also call at the mainland. The first ship MV Sindhu is already providing service between various far-flung Islands very efficiently and the arrival of MV Nalanda will be a great help for the people living in far-flung Islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SKR BM