Delhi to Get First Yamuna Cruise on National Waterway-110

Delhi is about to get its first recreational river cruise on the Yamuna. Sarbananda Sonowal, the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, will open the service on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, at Sonia Vihar. Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta are to be present at the ceremony, which was announced by the ministry on 9 November 2026.

Where the cruise runs

The service has been built along the Sonia Vihar to Jagatpur stretch of the river. Under the National Waterways Act, 2016, the Yamuna carries the designation of National Waterway-110, and the cruise is the first attempt to use that waterway in the capital for leisure navigation rather than cargo. Trial runs of the vessel were completed in the previous month before officials of the waterways authority and the Delhi government.

• The vessels to be used are electric-powered, which the ministry presents as a demonstration of clean and sustainable movement on inland waterways.
• The aim is to push river-based tourism and draw the public closer to the Yamuna.
• The stretch adds a leisure attraction to the National Capital Region and links waterways to urban mobility.

Who is building it

The Inland Waterways Authority of India, which works under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, is developing the service. It is doing so along with the Delhi Development Authority, the Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation, the Delhi Jal Board and the Irrigation and Flood Control Department of the Delhi government.

Points to remember

Also expected at the function are Shantanu Thakur, Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Harsh Malhotra, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, the Delhi Public Works and Irrigation Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh, Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra and Member of Parliament Manoj Tiwari. For an examination, the facts worth holding on to are the number of the national waterway, the Act that gave it that status, the stretch on which the cruise runs, the agency in charge and the kind of propulsion the vessels use.