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Mumbai: There has been a decline in the number of tourists visiting Elephanta Caves after the tragic incident of sinking of a passenger boat after it collided with a Navy speedboat in the sea between Gateway of India and Elephanta.
Generally, tourists coming to Mumbai from India and abroad get down from the Gateway of India and go to see the Elephanta Caves of Dharapuri Island. Hence, long queues are seen at the ferryboat and launch ticket counters, but after yesterday’s marine accident that killed 13 people, only a few people were seen at these booking counters today. There were people in this too who were unaware of yesterday’s accident.
The boat trip to Elephanta is included in the guided tour of Mumbai Darshan. A booking supervisor of Mumbai Waterways said that the ticket window opened at 9 am as usual. But today there is no rush in booking. The direct impact of the Neelkamal boat accident that happened yesterday has been seen. Not only are there fewer tourists for Elephanta, but there are also fewer tourists for the short boat rides near Mumbai’s shores.
Boat service started from Mumbai to Mandwa (Alibaug) from 6 am today. However, there were more regular passengers. Similarly, motor launches and ferryboats from the Gateway of India to Elephanta were seen departing with very few tourists.
Kashmir Singh, a passenger traveling to the Gateway of India from Palghar with his son and daughter-in-law, said, “After hearing about yesterday’s accident, we have canceled the boat ride today.”
Madinaben, a tourist from Ahmedabad, was not aware of yesterday’s accident, so she took a ferry ride from Tess with her two children. He said that when we reached half way in the boat, I got a call from my daughter that there was an accident near the gateway yesterday, so we did not take the risk of boarding the boat, but we got this warning late, so we completed the boat. Stopped after doing. Ride.
Puneet Chaturvedi, an intrepid tourist from Delhi, said that even though I knew about yesterday’s accident, I still decided to ride the boat. Secondly, we were given life jackets so there was no question of fear. Asif Jamdar, who was visiting the Gateway from Navi Mumbai, said that yesterday’s boat accident is really sad, but the specialty of Mumbai is that the traffic in Mumbai never stops.