India to launch world's longest river cruise from Varanasi to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh

This January, India is planning to launch the world's longest river cruise between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh.  

During this 50-day cruise journey, the "Ganga Vilas" will cover a distance of 4,000 km and also pass via Bangladesh. 

The journey of this cruise will start on January 10 and reach Dibrugarh on March 1 after visiting Kolkata and Dhaka.

The authority said that the operators would decide the ticket price without the Centre's intervention.

The journey will start at Varanasi; on the 8th day it will reach Patna, from there, it will reach Kolkata on the 20th day. Then there will be a day halt, and it will set sail for Bangladesh, where it will spend 15 days before entering India again and reaching Bogibeel (Dibrugarh).

The "Ganga Vilas cruise will have the longest river journey of 50 days including 27 river system and visit around 50 tourist sites. It will include the world heritage sites too.

This will be the single largest river journey by a single river ship in the world and would put both India and Bangladesh on the river cruise map of the world," minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said.