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World's longest river cruise 'MV Ganga Vilas' to culminate its journey in Dibrugarh on Tuesday

World's longest river cruise 'MV Ganga Vilas' will culminate its journey in Dibrugarh on Tuesday. A welcome ceremony will be organised by the Inland Waterways Authority of India in Dibrugarh on the same day. The event will be graced by Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal along with other Union Ministers, State Ministers, Diplomats and concerned officials.<br />'' <br />'' 'MV Ganga Vilas', a cruise vessel made in India, was flagged off by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi on the 13th of last month.  After beginning its journey, the cruise will reach Dibrugarh, covering a distance of three thousand 200 kilometer in over 50 days, via Patna Sahib, Bodh Gaya, Vikramshila, Dhaka, the Suderbans and the Kaziranga national park. It is already booked for to and fro journey for the next two years.<br />'' <br />''Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal in a statement today said, ''MV Ganga Vilas' has put India and Bangladesh on the river cruise map of the world and opened a new horizon and vertical for tourism and freight carriage in Indian sub-continent. He added that, this route heralds a new chapter for freight carriage through inland waterways both for India and Bangladesh.

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