Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday inaugurated a 5-star luxury tourist cruise Alaknanda at the Khidkiya ghat. The double storey air-conditioned cruise will ferry passengers across the 84 ghats of the temple city. At present, the ferry will cover a distance of 10 km between Assi ghat and Raj ghat and the service will be extended till Allahabad later.

Adityanath took a 30-minute ride on the cruise and also addressed a gathering at the Domri village, the fourth village adopted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.