ANI

New Delhi, January 16 

While inaugurating the world’s largest longest river cruise titled Ganga Vilas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to as it “a new age of tourism in India”, however however, Congress normal secretary in cost communications Jairam Ramesh has termed the service “obscene”.

Taking to Twitter, the Congress chief stated the service would additionally endanger India’s nationwide aquatic mammal.

“The river cruise on the Ganga unveiled by the PM is obscene! Who can afford Rs 50,000 per night except the filthy rich? Ganga is still neither Nirmal nor Aviral. Now this Tamasha will also endanger India’s national aquatic mammal — the Gangetic dolphin,” Jairam Ramesh wrote in his tweet.

The Ganga river cruise was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday from Varanasi.

The 51-day cruise, being pitched because the world’s longest river cruise, is predicted to succeed in its ultimate vacation spot — Dibrugarh in Assam — on March 1.

“The beginning of the world’s longest river cruise service on river Ganga is a landmark moment. It will herald a new age of tourism in India,” Prime Minister Modi had stated whereas flagging off the cruise nearly by way of video convention.

Set to sail from Varanasi, the cruise ship, MV Ganga Vilas, will cowl 3,200 km over 51 days, crossing 27 river methods and a number of other states earlier than ending its journey at Dibrugarh. The voyage is filled with visits to 50 vacationer spots, together with World Heritage spots, nationwide parks, river ghats, and main cities like Patna in Bihar, Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Kolkata in West Bengal, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Guwahati in Assam.

The MV Ganga Vilas cruise is curated to carry out the very best of the nation to be showcased to the world. 

The journey will permit the vacationers to embark upon an experiential voyage and take pleasure in India and Bangladesh’s artwork, tradition, historical past, and spirituality.

MV Ganga Vilas has three decks, 18 suites on board with a capability of 36 vacationers, with all the posh facilities. The maiden voyage has 32 vacationers from Switzerland signing up for your complete size of the journey.