Union Minister Sarbananada Sonowal welcomed the world’s longest river cruise at its culminating destination in Dibrugarh on February 28. Sonowal hailed MV Ganga Vilas trip as a historic and path-breaking event to be witnessed in the Inland Waterways sector since India’s Independence 75 years ago.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the world’s longest river cruise ‘MV Ganga Vilas’ on January 13. The MV Ganga Vilas cruise will begin its journey from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and travel around 3,200 km in 51 days to reach Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh, sailing across 27 river systems in India and Bangladesh
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Ganga Vilas cruise, the world's largest of its kind, costs a bomb. Yet, tickets for the inaugural trip, have been sold out, per the company that operates the ship.