<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off World's Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas and will inaugurate Tent City at Varanasi tomorrow at 10.30 AM via video conferencing. <br />''<br />''He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for several other inland waterways projects worth more than Rs. 1000 crores during the event. <br />''<br />''MV Ganga Vilas will begin its journey from Varanasi tomorrow 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. Our correspondent reports that on the eve of the launch function a grand curtain raiser cultural program 'Sur Sarita – Symphony of Ganga' was organized at Kashi Vishwanath corridor in Varanasi.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that swiss tourists who will be part of the maiden voyage of Ganga Vilas cruise today visited Sarnath in Varanasi and later witnessed the spectacular musical evening at Kashi Vishwanath corridor.<br />''<br />'' Renowned singer Shankar Mahadevan lead the grand concert and folk musicians from Assam, Bihar, and Bengal also joined him to pay homage to the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra. The show also included a rendition of 'Kartavya Ganga' which promises the river goddess that every Indian will always take care of her. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister along with his cabinet members, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbanand Sonowal, and other dignitaries attended the function.</span>
News On AIR | January 12, 2023 8:27 PM
PM Modi to virtually flag off World's Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas tomorrow