Codenamed "Operation Ganga Guard," the exercise was aimed at validating India's preparedness to respond to terror threats targeting inland waterways and the rapidly expanding river cruise sector.
Welcoming 'MV Ganga Vilas', the world's longest river cruise at its culminating destination in Dibrugarh, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday hailed it as a historic and path-breaking event to be witnessed in the Inland Waterways sector since India's Independence 75 years ago.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to flag off the world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas between Varanasi-Dibrugarh on Friday, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the country is going to create new history in River Cruise Sector.