Interesting to read about your part of the world
just returned froma holiday on the lovely and large Indian ocean island of Sri lanka.
Situated at the tip of India thousands and thousands of Ships from Asia-Suez/Gulf including innumerable tankers pass withing 50Km of its southern tip.
Sri Lanka has recently acquired two very lovely motorways
A huge sea port (on the Southern tip of the island)
A huge 'conference centre' in same area , and best of all,
A fully functioning international airport-same region which has no flights at all.
All paid for by guess who , and guess why