Updated: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 06:20 pm (IST) Water Metro service in Ganga -River in Patna will start soon. For this, the electric ship has reached MV-Gomadharkunwar Patna. The ship will walk between DiDa Ghat to Kangan Ghat. It has a seat arrangement of 50 passengers. The ship is prepared in Kolkata and has modern facilities. Ahmed Raza Hashmi, Patna City. Electric ship ‘MV-Gomadharkunwar’ reached Patna on the eighth day of the agreement between the Tourism Department of the Bihar government and the Indian Inland Waterways Authority on September 20 in Bhav Nagar, Gujarat to start a water metro in the Ganges of Patna. Remove ad, just read the news, this state -of -the -art -ship was welcomed by the Iwai regional director Arind Kumar, Deputy Director Amit Kumar, Technical expert Sanjay Verma, etc. This indigenous ship of very nice appearance is prepared by Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Limited on the banks of the Hooghly River in Howrah at a cost of about Rs 12 crore. Iwai director Arvind Kumar said that “MV-Gomadharkunwar” will be arranged by the technical experts of the construction company for two days. The loading point will be installed on the Floated Community Jetty in Gaighat to load the ship. After technical final approval, the ship will be handed over to the Tourism Corporation for operations. The director said it would start working in Dussehra. The rate can be determined per person per person per person per kilometer per person. The hearing will be done between Gaighat and Kangan Ghat, the electric ship from Kolkata to Patna for Water Metro will be tried between Gaighat to Kangan Ghat. The director said the distance in the Ganges is 6.5 km. The distance from the waterway between Digha to Gandhi Ghat is 9.5 km. Once the trial is successful, this ship will start running for Kangan Ghat for tourists. There will be a drawing point on the community servant in Diga and Gaighat to charge the two batteries in the ship. The ship loaded within half an hour will last about one and a half hours. On September 9, the ship, Van Kolkata, reached via Ganga Patna on September 27. The director said the ship took time to reach Patna due to the high water level in the Ganges and strong wind. It was brought here by switching to another ship. Tourists will see the view of the Ganges by sitting on the seat. It has four big ACs. CCTV cameras, LCD and sound systems. Passengers will get other information from the upcoming stations through them. There are big glasses around recently. Sitting and standing passengers will be able to see an eye view outside the Ganges and capture it in the camera of the hall. All the necessary arrangements for the safety of passengers are in this ship.
People from Bihar get a subway gift in Dussehra, reaching Patna very special electric ship – Water Metro Electric Vessel arrives for Ganga River Service
