Yamuna's first recreational cruise to begin Tuesday

New Delhi: A recreational cruise will begin operating on the Sonia Vihar-Jagatpur stretch of the Yamuna river Tuesday. An official statement said the initiative aims to promote river-based tourism in the national capital. The River Yamuna has been designated as National Waterway-110 under the National Waterways Act, 2016.

"The use of electric-powered cruise vessels will also demonstrate the potential of inland waterways in promoting clean and sustainable mobility, while adding a new recreational attraction to the National Capital Region," the statement said, adding trial runs of the cruise vessel were successfully conducted last month.

The recreational yamuna river cruise service is being developed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), in collaboration with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), and the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Government of Delhi.