Inaruwa, Sept 29 : Jet boat service has come into operation from Chataraghat to Kopche in Barahachhetra municipality-1 of Sunsari.
Proprietor of
Barahachhetra Marin and Resort Jet Boat, Nabin Poudel informed that three
long-distance and four short-distance jet boats have come into operations in
the Saptakoshi River during winter.
Barahachhetra
Marin and Resort, Saptakoshi Tourism and Water Transportation, Nepal River
Transport Pvt Ltd, Barahachhetra Water Transport and Tourism Service Pvt Ltd
ventured the jet boat service in the 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,
individual fare for five-kilometer boating from Barahachhetra to Kopche has
been determined Rs 600.
With the
operation of jet boat, it would 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 carrying capacity of 50 persons.