Jet boat service comes into operation in Saptakoshi River

INARUWA: Jet boat service has come into operation in Saptakoshi River from Chataraghat to Kopche in Barahakshetra Municipality-1 of Sunsari district. Proprietor of Barahakshetra Marin and Resort Jet Boat, Nabin Poudel, informed that three long-distance and four short-distance jet boats have come into operation in Saptakoshi River for the winter season. Barahakshetra Marin and Resort, Saptakoshi Tourism and Water Transportation, Nepal River Transport, and Barahakshetra Water Transport and Tourism Service ventured the jet boat service in Saptakoshi. He further shared that the boat service has been made available to the public so as to ease travel and transport during the winter festive time. Poudel informed that the jet boats are being operated from Barahachhetra Temple along the Saptakoshi banks. As informed, fare for five-kilometre boating from Barahakshetra to Kopche for an individual has been determined at Rs 600. With the operation of the jet boat, it will be easier for the people to travel to the southern belt of Bhojpur and Simple, Akhuwatar, Triveni and Sangma of Dhankuta, Poudel said. A jet boat has a capacity of 50 people. By RSS READ ALSO:

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