PM Modi to flag off world’s longest river cruise in Varanasi on January 13
3 min readExpress News Service
LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the world’s longest river cruise ‘Ganga Vilas’ by way of a video convention in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi on January 13.
Ganga Vilas, the Varanasi-Dibrugarh river ship, will journey 3200 km in 50 days.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath together with Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal shall be current on the flag-off ceremony at Ravidas Ghat. Thereafter, they are going to inaugurate a high-end tent metropolis alongside the banks of the river Ganga.
After the flag-off, Ganga Vilas will depart for Dibrugarh with 33 vacationers together with 32 from Switzerland and one from Germany. The vessel measuring 62.5 m (size), 12.8 m (width) and 1.35 m (draft) will cowl a distance of 3200 km by crossing over 27 river programs in India and Bangladesh.
The voyage would halt at over 50 architecturally necessary locations, together with world heritage websites. The vessel will even go by way of nationwide parks and sanctuaries together with the Sundarbans Delta and Kaziranga National Park.
The cruise, which departed from Kolkata on December 22 with 32 Swiss guests onboard, is prone to arrive in Varanasi on January 9.
According to the Director of Ganga Vilas Cruises, Raj Singh, Swiss guests will journey to Varanasi and discover the town’s non secular and non secular websites.
To welcome the Swiss vacationers, the Prayagraj unit of the Department of Cultural Affairs will organise a live performance of well-liked Bollywood singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan within the courtyard of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor on January 12.
Inauguration of Tent City
According to Varanasi Development Authority vice chairman Abhishek Goyal, reserving of lodging has been opened on the official web site, different journey websites and offline.
Accommodation within the tent metropolis will grow to be obtainable from January 15.
LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the world’s longest river cruise ‘Ganga Vilas’ by way of a video convention in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi on January 13.
Ganga Vilas, the Varanasi-Dibrugarh river ship, will journey 3200 km in 50 days.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath together with Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal shall be current on the flag-off ceremony at Ravidas Ghat. Thereafter, they are going to inaugurate a high-end tent metropolis alongside the banks of the river Ganga.
After the flag-off, Ganga Vilas will depart for Dibrugarh with 33 vacationers together with 32 from Switzerland and one from Germany. The vessel measuring 62.5 m (size), 12.8 m (width) and 1.35 m (draft) will cowl a distance of 3200 km by crossing over 27 river programs in India and Bangladesh.
The voyage would halt at over 50 architecturally necessary locations, together with world heritage websites. The vessel will even go by way of nationwide parks and sanctuaries together with the Sundarbans Delta and Kaziranga National Park.
The cruise, which departed from Kolkata on December 22 with 32 Swiss guests onboard, is prone to arrive in Varanasi on January 9.
According to the Director of Ganga Vilas Cruises, Raj Singh, Swiss guests will journey to Varanasi and discover the town’s non secular and non secular websites.
To welcome the Swiss vacationers, the Prayagraj unit of the Department of Cultural Affairs will organise a live performance of well-liked Bollywood singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan within the courtyard of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor on January 12.
Inauguration of Tent City
According to Varanasi Development Authority vice chairman Abhishek Goyal, reserving of lodging has been opened on the official web site, different journey websites and offline.
Accommodation within the tent metropolis will grow to be obtainable from January 15.
