Ganga Vilas, world’s longest cruise tour, will likely be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (January 13), Information and Public Relations Department of Uttar Pradesh mentioned on Thursday. The cruise will take off from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh.

Though the administration is but to obtain any formal programme of Modi from the Prime Minister’s Office, preparations for the programme are underway, district authorities mentioned.

Varanasi Divisional Commissioner Kaushal Raj Sharma and District Magistrate S Rajalingam have given obligatory directions on this regard to the officers of Culture division, Tourism division and Inland Waterways Transport.

Here’s all you want to know in regards to the bold cruise:

• The Ganga Vilas cruise would sail on two of the best rivers of India-Ganga and Brahmaputra.
• The cruise after leaving Varanasi will move via Ghazipur, Buxar and Patna earlier than reaching Kolkata.
• The cruise will keep on Bangladesh rivers for a fortnight and thereafter will return to India via Guwahati and attain Dibrugarh.
• This vessel may even move via nationwide parks and sanctuaries, together with Sundarban Delta and Kaziranga National Park.
• After overlaying a complete distance of three,200 kms, the cruise will full the longest voyage on this planet.
• On Thursday Sharma mentioned that the world’s longest cruise from Varanasi to Dibrugarh will likely be flagged off on January 13.
• The cruise will likely be flagged off from the jetty boarding level reverse to Ravidas Ghat.
• The cruise may have a capability of 80 passengers with 18 fits.
• This journey will take a complete of 50 days, and the cruise will cease at greater than 50 locations, together with World Heritage Sites on its means.

People are eagerly awaiting the revealing of the cruise and are lauding efforts made by the Modi authorities. “The Ganga Vilas cruise will have foreign nationals and it will send a message to the people of the world on India’s tourism and this cruise will be very helpful in attracting tourists,” information company ANI quoted Sunil Upadhyay, a resident of Varanasi, as saying.

“History is being created in the tourism sector. This is the longest water ride in the world. The previous governments had not given much importance to the water transport sector. The Ganga Vilas will be sending the message of unity and Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat to the rest of the world,” mentioned Arvind Mishra, one other native.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the entire picture of Varanasi ever since he became a Member of Parliament from this constituency. Tourism has been developed in Varanasi as a big industry,” mentioned Kaushal Pandey, one other resident.

(With PTI, ANI Inputs)

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