A 47-year-old Hyderabad-based woman Shyamala Goli became the world’s second female to swim across the 30-mile long Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka on Friday. She swam for 13 hours and 43 minutes from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka to Arichalmunai near Dhanushkodi in India. That’s why it took 90 minutes extra time to cover the 30-mile sea which divides India and Sri Lanka”, Shyamala told News18 over a call. A day before Sri Lanka declared a country-wide lockdown forcing her to postpone it to the next year. His tweet read, “My best wishes to Ms. Syamala Goli as she sets off to conquer the Palk strait Woman swimming.

Source: The Nation March 21, 2021 09:56 UTC