A Web-enabled Ship Ticket Advance Reservation System(WEB-STARS) (http://lakport.nic.in) developed by NIC, Lakshadweep U.T. Unit was inaugurated by the Lakshadweep Administrator Sri. K.S. Mehra,IAS on 15th August 2003. Through this system, advance reservation for all the ships leaving Kochi can be made from Kochi, Kavaratti and Kozhikode through the authorised ticket counters of the Lakshadweep administration. The tickets are issued on-line through Internet. The administration is planning to extend this facility to all the islands in Lakshadweep and also planning to have special counter in Ernakulam town.