1. The PM inaugurated a ‘Tent City’, developed on the traces of comparable setups in Gujarat’s Kutch and Rajasthan, on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi. Over 200 tents will supply vacationers a panoramic view of the famed ghats of the holy metropolis on the opposite facet of the river together with reside classical music, ‘aarti’ within the night, and yoga periods. He additionally laid the inspiration for several inland waterways projects, value over Rs 1,000 crore.

2. “With this cruise, many places of eastern India will now figure in world tourism map… What can be more unfortunate that since Independence the banks of the Ganga did not develop and thousands of people living along the Ganges had to migrate for job,” the PM stated.

3. MV Ganga Vilas is the primary cruise vessel to be made in India. It will journey 3,200 km in 51 days. The 32 vacationers from Switzerland, who will take the primary journey, have been welcomed on the Varanasi port with garlands and tunes of shehnai. They will go to numerous non secular and historic locations in Varanasi earlier than setting out on the cruise.

4. The cruise’s Director Raj Singh instructed information company PTI that this five-star transferring lodge has 18 suites with the capability of 36 vacationers. Apart from this, it has lodging for 40 crew members. The modernist ship is 62 meters in size and 12 meters large and requires a draft of 1.4 meters. 

5. It will take vacationers throughout 27 river methods and can cruise by means of numerous distinguished locations. According to a press release from Uttar Pradesh Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh issued in Lucknow, the cruise will cowl 50 vacationer locations together with world heritage websites, nationwide parks, river ghats, and main cities like Patna in Bihar, Shahiganj in Jharkhand, Kolkata in West Bengal, Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Guwahati in Assam.

6. The cruise has additionally been fitted with amenities equivalent to spa, salon, and fitness center. It will value Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 a day, with the overall value for the 51-day journey totalling to round Rs 20 lakh for every passenger, Raj Singh stated. The cruise is provided with a pollution-free system and noise management know-how, he added.

7. There is a Sewage Treatment Plant on this cruise in order that no sewage flows into the Ganges, in addition to a filtration plant which purifies the Ganga water for bathing and different functions, the cruise director stated.

8. “The journey will give the foreign tourists an opportunity to embark upon an experiential voyage and indulge in the art, culture, history, and spirituality of India and Bangladesh,” Union Minister for Port Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal instructed information company ANI.

9. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has criticised the initiative. In a tweet in Hindi with {a photograph} of the cruise, Mr Yadav stated, “Now will the BJP take away the jobs of the sailors as well? BJP’s policy of earning money by making religious places tourist sites is condemnable. People from all over the world come to experience the spiritual splendour of Kashi, not for luxury. BJP will no longer be able to cover the darkness of real issues with external glare.” 

10. “India has everything that you can imagine. It has a lot beyond your imagination. India cannot be defined in words. It can only be experienced from the heart,” PM Modi stated in his message for vacationers.

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