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Alapuzha Water Taxi
The first water taxi service in India began operations in Alapuzha from 15th October, 2020. The service was inaugurated by Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala in the presence of Sri. A.K. Saseendran, Transport Minister of Kerala, and various other dignitaries. The boat is named Thejus 1 and is the first boat under Nirva Series built by Navgathi. Earlier, multiples states had announced plans for water taxis - Goa (2019), Delhi (2019), Mumbai (2019), Assam (2018) and West Bengal (2017).However, at the time of inauguration of Alapuzha Water Taxi service in Kerala, none of the above planned service had commenced operations. Service The water taxi service is available as on-demand to any person around Vembanad lake in Alapuzha and Kottayam districts. The booking is currently in sets of 30 minutes at a rate of 750 rupees per set. The boat service is currently available between 7 am and 7 pm. The commuters who took the ride after the inauguration had shared a nice exper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, interm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
