Varanasi. MV Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river cruise, 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. 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 onward journey.
Will serve Indian cuisine
During the voyage, Indian cuisine will be served to foreign tourists in 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, 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.
this will be root
The route of 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 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 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, 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.