Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, celebrations were held at the iconic Akshar River Cruise restaurant in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Saturday.
During the four-day summit, delegates visited Sarnath, the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the Ganga ghat during a river cruise. India's rich art, culture and heritage left a long-lasting impression on the delegates from across the world. Rich and diverse cultural heritage of the holy
Shah said that Prime Minister Modi has given a new shape to the development of the whole of India through schemes like Garib Kalyan, Bharat Gaurav, Bharat Utkarsh, and infrastructure development in the last 9 years.
'Akshar River Cruise is a floating restaurant and has been a joint venture of Akshar Travels, Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC), and Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation.
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.
'MV Ganga Vilas' a cruise vessel made in India, began its journey from Varanasi on January 13 after being flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The cruise will cover a distance of 3,200 km in over 50 days before reaching Dibrugarh on February 28 via Patna Sahib, Bodh Gaya, Vikramsh
The world's longest river cruise 'Ganga Vilas' ship reached Guwahati on Monday, the 42nd day of the voyage. All the 28 tourists on board were given a rousing reception at the IWAI Pandu port after it anchored with Saraighat bridge on the backdrop.
On the first day of the Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG) meeting of the G20 in Guwahati on Thursday, the delegates took a river cruise to the Brahmaputra Sandbar Island.
The flagship Ganga Vilas Cruise, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, reached Patna as per schedule and is not stuck in Chhapra, stated Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Monday.
While inaugurating the world's largest longest river cruise titled Ganga Vilas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it "a new age of tourism in India", but on the other hand, Congress general secretary in charge communications Jairam Ramesh has termed the service "obscene".
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the world's longest river Cruise, MV Ganga Vilas in Varanasi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a dig at the BJP, saying Bharatiya Janata Party has the tradition of re-inaugurating the existing things as the cruise
MV Ganga Vilas 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.