According to sources, the luxury boat will travel 4,000 kilometres along 27 river systems in India, including the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly, Brahmaputra, and West Coast Canal in 50 days.
The BJP state president Bhabesh Kalita informed while speaking to reporters in Guwahati on Thursday.
The Centre along with Bangladesh government funded the dredging of this stretch – with 80:20 ratio respectively – for seamless navigation
Earlier, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the motor vessel from Patna’a Inland Water Terminal Gaigat.
The AYUSH minister announced setting up of a state-of-the-art Ayurvedic college at Longleng with an estimated cost of Rs 70 crore.
Meanwhile, the Centre has already sanctioned Rs 6.17 crore as first installment of the Rs 22.93-crore project.
Sarbananda Sonowal addressed two public meetings at Wabagai and Thanga assembly constituencies in poll-bound Manipur on Sunday.
The consignment of steel products of Tata Steel Ltd. has arrived at Haldia Dock Complex through the Railway mode; loaded onto barges.
The vessel will take about 25 days to cover the entire voyage and is expected to reach Pandu in Guwahati by early March.
The chief minister invited the little Vaishnavas from two sattras in Majuli on the occasion of his birthday.
