Kolkata Gets Its First Boat Library; Offers City Tour While Reading

Kolkata now has its first boat library cruising on the Hooghly river with about 500 English and Bengali books. The initiative was jointly launched by a heritage book store and the State Transport Corporation. The boat library named 'Young Readers' Boat Library' will carry bibliophiles for a three-hour round-trip between Millenium Park and Belur Math jetty. Schedule to run on all weekdays, the boat-library will also organize storytelling, dramatized readings, book launches and other activities.