New Delhi. The vision that PM Modi had regarding waterways transport is now becoming a reality. River cruise MV Ganga Vilas, which is going on the world’s longest journey in the country, was flagged off today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing. The PM also congratulated the foreign travelers. This cruise will reach Dibrugarh after covering a distance of about 3200 km in 52 days. The journey of a vessel equipped with five star facilities and modern technology meets the global standards in many ways. Therefore, the foreign tourists traveling in it are also quite satisfied with the facilities. Let us know the special things about the journey of Ganga Vilas from Kashi to Dibrugarh…
36 tourists will be able to travel together
Let us tell you that 36 tourists can travel together in this 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 travelers from Switzerland will join there for onward journey. Indian cuisine will be served to foreign tourists in the ship during the journey. 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, sambhar, tea-coffee etc. will be fed to the tourists for breakfast.
Special emphasis will be on these features
Significantly, there will be 40 employees in the vessel. The Ganga Vilas vessel equipped with skilled crew was completed in Kolkata in 18 months. The vessel is completely combined with furnishings from the Indian state. In this, all kinds of modern facilities are being provided including sleeping, kitchen, gym, restaurant, salon, music, medical, open space.
this will be the route
Let us tell you that the route of Scrooge Yatra with modern facilities will be from Buxar to Patna, Munger and Bhagalpur’s Sultanpur via Varanasi and Ghazipur, from Bengal to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh. During this, it has to stop at about 50 places in different cities. The state-of-the-art equipment of the vessel is helpful in keeping 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 eco system of the river is also not going to be affected along with the journey through pollution and noise free system.