Today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off MV Ganga Vilas, the world's longest river cruise, through video conferencing. It will cover a distance of about 3200 km and reach Dibrugarh in 52 days. The journey of a vessel equipped with five-star facilities and modern technology meets global standards in many ways. Therefore, the foreign tourists traveling in it are also quite satisfied with the facilities. Come let's know the specialty of Ganga Vilas' journey from Kashi to Dibrugarh...
36 Tourist trip
36 tourists can travel together in the vessel. In the first journey, a total of 32 tourists from Varanasi to Switzerland will travel. Out of this, 10 tourists will land in Kolkata and so many new tourists from Switzerland will join there for the onward journey.
Will serve Indian cuisine
During the voyage, Indian cuisine will be served to foreign tourists on the vessel. During this, Varanasi's Jalebi-Kachori and Chaat, Bihar's Baati-Chokha, and Bhujia rice will also be included in the flavors as soon as the ship reaches Bengal. Apart from this, bangles-peas, idli, sambar, tea-coffee, etc. will be served to the tourists for breakfast.
emphasis on features
The Ganga Vilas vessel with 40 crew was built in Kolkata in 18 months. The vessel is completely combined with furnishings from the Indian state. It has all modern facilities including sleeping, kitchen, gym, restaurant, salon, music, medical, and open space.
special in travel
Rent is 25 thousand rupees in India and 50 thousand rupees per day in Bangladesh. While coming (upstream) the journey will be about 12 km and while going (downstream) it will travel at a speed of about 20 km per hour.
The route of the Scrooge Yatra with modern facilities will be from Buxar to Patna, Sultanpur of Munger, and Bhagalpur via Varanasi and Ghazipur, from Bengal to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh. During this, it will have stoppages at about 50 places in different cities.
caring for the environment
The state-of-the-art equipment of the vessel helps keep the environment clean besides protecting the Ganga from getting polluted. RO and STP plants have been installed for water in the vessel so that contaminated water does not go into the Ganges. Apart from this, plastic is also not used. The ecosystem of the river will also not be affected along with the journey through pollution and noise-free system.
what do the officers say?
Raj Singh, director of Antar Jalyan, said that 32 tourists from Varanasi will enjoy this journey for the first time by boarding the Jalyan. In this, 10 people will get down in Kolkata, and the same number of passengers will join from there for the onward journey. Eagerness is being seen in the country and the world regarding the operation of the vessel.
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