River cruises to seven places of pilgrimage in India coming soon

#rivercruises #nitingadkari #pilgrimage #modi #tourists Indian leaders are great ones for daydreaming – there was a chief minister who wanted to make Mumbai to Shanghai, then there was another chief minister who wanted to make Kolkata into London – now we have the center who have woken up to tap the tourism potential of the river waters. There are ideas floating around to conduct river cruises to seven places of pilgrimage namely Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Kolkata, Guwahati and Tezpur.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 30 March 2015.

A report has highlighted the fact that coastal shipping and waterways have been a neglected sector in spite of the fact that transportation through water is cheaper, less polluting and more efficient as compared to road and rail.
Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari is ensuring that the government has to put greater focus on coastal shipping and waterways. Already, the Cabinet has given the go-ahead for a legislation to declare 101 rivers as national waterways. This would allow the Centre to explore the possibilities of cargo and passenger movement on these rivers.
Of course, there would be a major challenge that is not being talked about.
One can presume that the cruises would be on the River Ganges or Ganga – can cruises be undertaken with the condition of the Ganga being what it is? Or – should the Ganga clean-up mission take priority? Which comes first – the chick or the egg?

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