HIGHLIGHTS
- MV Ganga Vilas began off from Varanasi on January 13
- The cruise will cowl 3,200 km to reach Dibrugarh in Assam
- MV Ganga Vilas has the capability of carrying 36 passengers
The MV Ganga Vilas billed because the world’s longest river cruise, will arrive in Dibrugarh, Assam, on January 28. It began off from Varanasi on January 13 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, information company PTI reported.
“MV Ganga Vilas will culminate its journey on February 28 in Dibrugarh. A welcome ceremony will likely be organised by the Inland Waterways Authority of India, underneath the aegis of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways…in Dibrugarh on the identical day,” IWAI mentioned in an announcement.
In Assam, the occasion will likely be attended by Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, together with different union and state ministers.
Flagged off from Varanasi, the cruise would have lined a distance of three,200 kilometres in 50 days to reach Dibrugarh. Meanwhile, earlier than reaching the destination, it stopped at Patna Sahib, Bodh Gaya, Vikramshila, Dhaka, the Sundarbans, and Kaziranga National Park. The ship has three decks and 18 suites, with a capability of 36 passengers. It is already reserved for round-trip journey for the subsequent two years.
“MV Ganga Vilas has put India and Bangladesh on the river cruise map of the world, thus opening a brand new horizon and vertical for tourism and freight carriage in the Indian sub-continent. Tourists searching for spirituality have the chance to go to locations like Kashi, Bodh Gaya, Vikramshila, Patna Sahib and people eager on witnessing the pure range will cowl locations like Sundarbans and Kaziranga.
“This route heralds a brand new chapter for freight carriage by means of inland waterways each for India and Bangladesh,” Sonowal mentioned.
World’s longest river cruise, MV Ganga Vilas, which presents a 51-day journey from Varanasi to Dibrugarh by way of Bangladesh has the capability of carrying 36 passengers. The ticket value for the longest river cruise is round Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000. The total journey prices every passenger over Rs 20 lakh.
The cruise journey crosses a complete of 27 river programs of UP, Bihar, West (*28*), Bangladesh, and Assam and in addition 3 main rivers– Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna.
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