Archive · 29 Jan 2026
Jammu Celebrates Boat Festival at New Tawi Riverfront
Jammu recently celebrated a two-day boat festival at the newly developed Tawi Riverfront.
This event marked the completion of a long-awaited project that started in 2009.
The festival offered free boating rides and live music performances, attracting large crowds, including families and children.
The project, managed by Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL), aims to revitalize the riverbank and promote tourism.
Officials plan to make the festival a permanent feature and involve private operators for better management.
Visitors expressed joy and gratitude for the new recreational spot, which is expected to boost the local economy and tourism.
The Tawi Riverfront development project, launched in 2009, finally came to life with a two-day boat festival in Jammu.
The festival featured free boating rides, live music performances, and attracted large crowds, including families and children.
Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) plans to make the festival a permanent feature and involve private operators for better management.
The project aims to revitalize the riverbank, promote tourism, and boost the local economy.
Visitors expressed joy and gratitude for the new recreational spot, which is expected to enhance Jammu's tourism potential.
- Who
- Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL), local residents, government officials
- What
- Inaugural boat festival at the newly developed Tawi Riverfront
- When
- January 28, 2024 (Wednesday evening)
- Where
- Jammu, India
- Why
- To showcase the riverfront as a new urban and tourism space, and to test the feasibility of making the festival a permanent feature
- Project Launch Year
- 2009
- Festival Duration
- Two days
- Festival Start Time
- 3:30 PM
- Festival Duration (Daily)
- Three hours
- Current Boating Management
- In-house with SDRF collaboration
- Future Boating Management Plan
- Private operators
- Barrage Pondage for Boating
- Three to four meters
- Expected Permanent Feature Start
- March