KOLKATA: The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust (
SPMPT
) plans to launch the
heritage vessel
PS
Bhopal
to attract tourism on the Hooghly as soon as it is fixed. Jetties, some of them with a lot of significance, will also be revamped as the situation improves.
The PS Bhopal, a paddle steamer that used to ply the river nearly 70 years ago, will run on motors in its new avatar. But the paddles will remain intact to give tourists a feel of how river navigation used to take place in the past. “We have handed over PS Bhopal for repairs and refurbishment. We had expected to get it back around November but there has been some delay due to the pandemic. We will launch the vessel as the situation improves. We also have plans to revive the historic Outram Ghat
Jetty
and repair the Indenture Memorial jetty,” SPMPT chairman Vinit Kumar said.
On Sunday, which happened to be World Tourism Day, Gautam Chakraborti, honorary heritage adviser and co-ordinator, SPMPT, spoke to members of the Tourist Guides’ Association (TGA). While Ajay Singh, president, Tourist Guides’ Federation of India, rued how barely 5% of foreign tourists actually visit Bengal, Chakraborti said efforts by the port management will help improve the situation to some extent.
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