tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40679179094180276952024-03-12T17:07:19.295-07:00sftaxicabUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067917909418027695.post-13982544911969394092014-12-28T04:41:00.000-08:002015-05-26T04:18:29.175-07:00162 passengers feared dead after AirAsia flight QZ8501 goes missing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard went missing en route from
Indonesia to Singapore on Sunday morning shortly after the pilots
requested a change of flight plan because of weather, the third major
aviation incident this year involving a Malaysian carrier.</div>
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AirAsia Flight QZ8501 with 155 people on board -- including one
British, one Malaysian, one Singaporean, three Koreans, -- and seven
crew members lost contact with air traffic control at 07.24 am local
time Indonesia.</div>
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Sixteen children and one infant were among the passengers on board
the AirAsia Airbus A320-200 that went missing on the flight from
Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.</div>
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At a press conference this morning, Indonesian officials said the
plane was several hours past the time when its fuel would have been
exhausted.</div>
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There were unconfirmed media reports that a aircraft crashed in the waters of East Belitung, off the east coast of Sumatra.</div>
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The exact location of the crash site has not been identified, media reports said.</div>
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The aircraft was in the Indonesian flight information region, more
than 200 nm southeast of the Singapore -- Jakarta FIR boundary, when
contact was lost, civil aviation authority of Singapore said.</div>
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Contact with the plane was lost 42 minutes after takeoff. There were no Indian nationals on board.</div>
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The plane took off from Surabaya (Indonesia) at 5:20 am local time
and was scheduled to land at Singapore's ChangiAirport at 8.30 am.</div>
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A statement on AirAsia's Facebook page said: "AirAsia Indonesia
regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has
lost contact with air traffic control at 07.24 am."</div>
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"At the present time we unfortunately have no further information
regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board, but we
will keep all parties informed as more information becomes available,"
the Malaysia-based carrier said in a statement.</div>
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The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC.</div>
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"At this time, search and rescue operations are in progress and
AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service," the
statement said.</div>
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Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the plane
had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact, local media
reported.</div>
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Air Asia said the pilot had requested "deviation" from its flight plan because of bad weather.</div>
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"The aircraft... was requesting deviation due to en route weather," it said.</div>
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Indonesia's national search and rescue agency bangka belitung said it
has dispatched one vessel to search for AirAsia flight QZ8501.</div>
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"We received information from Basarnas in Jakarta that contact had
been lost with an AirAsia flight over Bangka Belitung waters...We then
dispatched a vessel with a search and rescue team of 22 members to check
the information," Febi Imam Saputra, an information official at
Basarnas Bangka Belitung, was quoted as saying by the Indonesian Antara
news agency.</div>
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"If we look at the map, these coordinates refer to an area around 20 nautical miles from East Belitung," said Febi.</div>
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Search and rescue operations have been activated by the Indonesian authorities from the Pangkal Pinang Search and Rescue office.</div>
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Indonesian authorities have mobilised search and rescue operation
near BelitungIsland, deploying five ships and a surveillance aircraft
carrying 15 Indonesian Air Force personnel.</div>
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has confirmed that it is
linking up with Indonesian authorities to help locate the missing plane.
Australia and Malaysia have also offered assistance.</div>
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A massive search is underway for the missing plane. The last detected
position of the missing AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ8501 is believed to
be between Tanjung Pandan on BelitungIsland and Kalimantan, Indonesia,
according to Indonesia's Director of Air Transport, Djoko Murjatmodjo.</div>
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"The position where contact was lost was between Tanjung Pandan and
Pontianak, about 100 nautical miles south-east of Tanjung Pandan," said
Djoko.</div>
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The pilot Captain Iriyanto has an experience of 6,100 flying hours.</div>
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AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes has asked his company to stay
strong. "Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. We must stay
strong," tweeted Fernandes, an ethnic Indian, who set up the budget
airlines which now flies to several countries.</div>
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Fernandes has said that he is heading to Indonesia.</div>
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Malaysia has also offered assistance in the search operation.</div>
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AirAsia is popular in the region as a budget carrier. It has about
100 destinations, with subsidiaries in several Asian countries.</div>
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The loss of contact with the AirAsia plane comes nearly 10 months
after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which went
missing on March 8.</div>
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Searchers are yet to find any debris from Flight MH370, which officials believe crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.</div>
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Another Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July, killing all 298 on board. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067917909418027695.post-75486773832511580502014-11-28T22:01:00.003-08:002015-03-14T05:45:41.299-07:00Cricket world mourns loss of Phillip Hughes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The cricket community worldwide is in mourning today following the death of Phillip Joel Hughes, aged 25.<br />
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Cricket Australia announced the news with a statement from team doctor Peter Brukner.<br />
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"It is my sad duty to inform you that a short time ago Phillip Hughes
passed away," Dr Brukner's statement read. "He never regained
consciousness following his injury on Tuesday.<br />
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"He was not in pain before he passed and was surrounded by his family and close friends."<br />
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Australia captain Michael Clarke, who was commended for his efforts in
supporting the Hughes family since Tuesday's incident, read out a brief
statement on behalf of parents Greg and Virginia and siblings Jason and
Megan Hughes.<br />
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"We're devastated by loss of our much-loved son and brother Phillip," Clarke read.<br />
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"It's been very a difficult few days and we appreciate all the support
we have received from family, friends, players, Cricket Australia and
the general public.<br />
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"Cricket was Phillip's life and we as family share that love of game with him.<br />
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"We would like to thank all medical and nursing staff at St Vincent's
Hospital and Cricket NSW medical staff for their great efforts with
Phillip.<br />
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"We love you."<br />
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Clarke bowed his head momentarily to compose himself before exiting.<br />
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Hughes was struck on the head while batting for South Australia during a
Sheffield Shield game at the SCG on Tuesday, and underwent emergency
surgery shortly after being rushed to St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.<br />
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He had since been in an induced coma in the hospital’s intensive care unit.<br />
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Australia captain Michael Clarke, a long-time teammate and friend, was
among the many from within Australian cricket to visit Hughes and his
family at the hospital, offering support and well wishes.<br />
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The Australian team was due to assemble in Brisbane this weekend for
next Thursday's first Test against India. Instead players from around
the country flew into Sydney as the cricket family drew strength from
the company of one another.<br />
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Hughes, who hailed from Macksville on the New South Wales mid north
coast, was struck by a ball below the helmet while attempting to play a
hook shot to a short-pitched delivery at 2.23pm Tuesday, the opening day
of his team's match against NSW.<br />
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He was 63 not out at the time and pushing his case for a recall to the Australian Test team. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067917909418027695.post-73741301646372435752014-11-06T02:35:00.001-08:002015-01-29T20:56:27.441-08:00Music and Dance as an Important Cultural Aspect of Jammu and Kashmir <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Since
we understand </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that the music</span><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a> and dance is an integral part of anyone culture
and Kashmir is not an exception when it comes to display its inspiring
tradition. To understand the historical background of the musical tradition of
the Kashmir than traveler would require walking back to the days of human
civilization. It is believed that the evolution and the spark of music were
initiated by the Brahman communities who used to play sitar and their music
portrayed the melodies of Indian classical music.</div>
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we know evolution is a part of every element and an advent of development of
the new musical era in Kashmir was brought by Sufism with their arrival the
tradition of Sufiana Kalam came into picture. Sufiana Kalam gave rise to other
musical instruments like Santoor and Saz which later on became the main
elements of their musical chronicles.</span></div>
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from music the tradition of Kashmir is very much defined by its famous dance
forms called Rouf. This dance forms according to people welcomes the advent of
spring season and the particular dance form is practiced by girls during the
carnival of Eid.</span></div>
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we talk about their cultural importance and influence of music in shaping their
tradition it becomes very important for us to understand the narrative
background of the musical heritage. According to folklore the musical
transmission of Jammu and Kashmir reflects the civilization of India and
Pakistan. They believe that their traditional approach carries an essence and
influence of Central Asia, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia but the aspect of
their music comprise and constitute the measures of Central Asian music and
evidently they use traditional Central Asian instruments and Central Asian
scales.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chakri</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chakri
is amongst the most renowned folk music of Kashmir. This folk music in
particular connotes the glory of history and the same is used to tell the
stories of Yousuf-Zulaikha, Laila-Majnun etc. beside that the music is used to
score the fairy tales one must understand that it requires ample experience and
devotion to play Chakri musical instruments like Harmonium, Rabab, Sarangi and
Nout. Chakri on a fast note is often called Rouf but one must not dilute the
confusion between musical notes Rouf and distinct dance form which is also
famous as Rouf.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some
of the renowned Chakri players are Gulam Hassan Sofi, Abdur Rasheed Hafiz,
Gulam Nabi Sheikh and Gulam Mohammad Dar. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As
mentioned above the Rouf is generally performed by girls and owing to its
importance the Rouf is performed only during the significant occasions like
Eid, marriage and other functions. The dance form of Rouf is very simple and it
illustrates the core of dance and songs respectively. While performing Rouf no
instruments are required because the tempo of songs keeps the momentum and the
girls organize themselves in two or three rows and each of the rows comprises
5-6 girls. As said before the dance form is very simple because each rows steps
forward and backward in a swaying motion to decorate the beauty of the art.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ladishah</span></b></div>Insomnia? Narcolepsy? Buy <a href="http://www.newrxstore.com/buy-modalert-order-online.php">Modalert</a> 200mg on our RXShop.md online
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When
we talk about Ladishah we must remember to understand its sarcastic form which
is generally delivered while singing. Ladishah singers are veteran in terms of
evaluating social, political and economic condition of the state and while
singing from one village to other they illustrate the dilutive and inefficient
administration of the government. To understand it in simple measures Ladishah
is generally associated with criticism because they take active participation
to analyze the role of the government in developing the social status of the
state. Ladishah is a hilarious form of Kashmiri culture and the singers are
experienced because they are more into criticizing ongoing issues. Ladishah is
performed during the phase of harvesting period.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
is a classical form of Kashmiri music and can be considered as one of the most
traditional and historical strings of melody. It comprises ragas and the
instruments which are used to perform Sufiana Kalam are Santoor, Kashmiri Saz,
Wasool, Tabla and Sitar. Sufiana Kalam shares its history with the notes
musical notes of Iran and it is believed that it arrived here during the course
of 15<sup>th</sup> century. Sufiana Kalam is famous amongst the Kashmiri Sufi
mystics and the dance form that compliments the scale of it is renowned Hafiz
Nagma.</span></div>
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Suzanne Mubarak will be held in a Cairo prison, Egypt's Mena news agency says.<br />
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Mrs Mubarak, 70, and her husband have been questioned over allegations of "illegal acquisition of wealth".<br />
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The former president, who held power for 30 years, stepped down in February after weeks of protests.<br />
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has since been detained by Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority, on charges
he abused his position to illegally acquire wealth. He is also accused
of involvement in the killings of anti-regime protesters.<br />
<br />
The
83-year-old is currently under arrest in a hospital in the Red Sea
resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, after suffering heart problems. His detention
was extended by 15 days early on Friday morning.<br />
<br />
The military
council which has been in power since Mr Mubarak stepped down has vowed
to bring to justice all those accused of corruption.<br />
<br />
The former
president, his wife, their two sons Alaa and Gamal and their wives have
been banned from travel and had their assets frozen by general
prosecutor Abdel Magid Mahmud.<br />
<br />
More than 20 ministers and businessmen linked to Mr Mubarak's regime have been detained since his departure from office.<br />
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Last
week, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was sentenced to 12 years
in jail on charges of money-laundering and profiteering.<br />
<br />
Adly also faces separate charges of ordering troops to fire on demonstrators. He could face the death penalty if convicted.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067917909418027695.post-42193675768986085972011-09-04T00:39:00.000-07:002015-05-21T21:45:35.050-07:00Manali<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just
40 kms away from Kullu to the north, Manali is situated near the end of
the valley on the National Highway leading to Leh. The landscape here
is breath taking. One sees well-defined snow capped peaks, the Beas
river with its clear water meanders through the town. On the other side
are deodar and pine trees, tiny fields and fruit orchards. It is an
excellent place for a holiday, a favorite resort for trekkers to Lahaul,
Spiti, Bara Bhangal (Kangra), and Zanskar ranges. From temples to
antiquity, to picturesque sight-seeing spots and adventure activities,
Manali is a popular resort for all seasons and for all travellers. The
annual State level Winter Carnival was celebrated from 23rd to 27th
January, 2011. <br />
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<b>Rail:</b> Nearest convenient rail head are at Chandigarh and Pathankot. Manali can be reached from road from these stations.
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<b>Road:</b> Manali is well connected by road with
Delhi, Ambala, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Haridwar, Shimla, Dharamsala and
Chamba/Dalhousie. Regular buses ply between these stations. It is
connected with Leh during July to October. </div>
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<i><b>Map of places to visit in Manali</b></i>
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Distances from Manali</h2>
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<tr> <td align="center">Places to visit
</td> <td align="center">Km</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Arjun Gufa</td> <td align="center">4 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Club house</td> <td align="center">2 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Hidimba Devi temple</td> <td align="center">2.5</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Jagatsukh</td> <td align="center">6 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Kothi</td> <td align="center">12 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Manu temple</td> <td align="center">3 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Mountaineering Institute</td> <td align="center">3</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Nehru kund</td> <td align="center">5</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Rahala water falls</td> <td align="center">16 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Rohtang pass</td> <td align="center">51 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Solang valley</td> <td align="center">13 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Tibetan monasteries</td> <td align="center"><br /></td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="left">Vashisht hot water springs and temples</td> <td align="center">3 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Mandi </td> <td>110</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Keylong</td> <td>120</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Trilokinath</td> <td>152</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Kaza</td> <td>200</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Kangra</td> <td>240</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Shimla</td> <td>260</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Chhatru (L&S)</td> <td>81</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Batal (L&S)</td> <td>110</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Kunzum Pass</td> <td>122</td></tr>
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Referred to as the Venice of the East, Alappuzha has always enjoyed
an important place in the maritime history of Kerala. Today, it is
famous for its boat races, backwater holidays, beaches, marine products
and coir industry. Alappuzha beach is a popular picnic spot. The pier,
which extends into the sea here, is over 137 years old. Entertainment
facilities at the Vijaya Beach Park add to the attraction of the beach.
There is also an old lighthouse nearby which is greatly fascinating to
visitors.<br />
<br />
Another delightful experience while in Alappuzha is a houseboat
cruise. The ones you find in the backwaters of Alappuzha are in fact
reworked version of Kettuvallams of olden times. The original
Kettuvallams or rice barges used to carry tons of rice and spices. The
Kettuvallam or 'boat with knots' was so called because the entire boat
was held together with coir knots only.<br />
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Of late, houseboats come with all creature comforts of a good hotel
including furnished bedrooms, modern toilets, cozy living rooms, a
kitchen and even a balcony for angling. And one can always enjoy
uninterrupted views of backwater life while staying in a houseboat.<br />
<br />
DTPC House boat Pre-paid Counter<br />
For booking houseboats, travelers can make use of the House Boat
Pre-paid Counter 'Trusted Service, Trusted Rates' managed by the
District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC). <br />
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