The minister said he himself kept a close vigil on the movement of the vessel for over 50 days before it docked at Dibrugarh in Assam on February 28 after covering 3,200 km across 27 river systems. Sonowal said it was a very important task for the ministry as the PM had a keen interest in the project.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at the BJP, saying Bharatiya Janata Party has the tradition of re-inaugurating the existing things as the cruise has been in service for the past 17 years and claimed that it has bars that serve alcohol
The cruise measuring 62 metres in length and 12 metres in width has 3 decks, 18 suites for a total of 36 passengers. It will cover a distance of 3200km in 52 days.