PM Modi to virtually flag off ‘Ganga Vilas’ cruise on Jan 13

The ganga vilas will travel 3200 kilometers in 50 days. The prime minister will flag it off through a video conference on January 13th. The chief minister will be present at the ceremony and later inaugurate the tent city. The divisional commissioner said that the PM will flag off the ganga vilas through video conference on January 13th, while CM and Union Minister of Ports Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, will be present at the flag off ceremony at Ravidas Ghat. With the flagging off, the ganga vilas will leave for Dibrugarh with 33 tourists, including 32 from Switzerland and one from Germany. The ganga vilas is a vessel measuring 625 meters length, 128 meters width, and 135 meters draft. It will be covering a distance of 3200 kilometers by passing through 27 river systems in India and Bangladesh and stopping at over 50 architecturally important places, including world heritage sites. The ganga vilas will also pass through national parks and sanctuaries, including the Sundarbans Delta and Kaziranga National Park. The commissioner along with district magistrate, s rajalingam officials of inland waterways authority of India, tourism, and other departments inspected Ravidas Ghat on