World’s Longest River Cruise “Ganga Vilas”

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch the world’s longest river cruise, “Ganga Vilas” from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh, Assam on 13th January 2023. 

• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has informed us that all preparations for the arrival of the Prime Minister and the launch ceremony in Varanasi should be finished.

• The “Ganga Vilas” cruise will travel 3,200 kilometers from Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh.

• It will make stops at more than 50 significant architectural locations including World Heritage Sites, as it will travel through rivers of India and Bangladesh.

• The Sundarbans Delta and Kaziranga National Park are only two of the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

• The Ganga Vilas cruise, which departed Kolkata on December 22 with 32 Swiss visitors abroad, will arrive in Varanasi on 6th January.