The boats are used for picking sand from other side of river. This is a shot from river Chambal at Keshorai Patan – Rangpur side. Government local body assigns contracts of picking sand from the river and this scene explains the way transportation medium has been used for the purpose.
Whenever you see a truck on the road in India, there are certainly some funny or good dialogues are found on the back-side of the truck. The “Mera Bharat Mahan” dialogue has been written on this truck means “My India is Great”.
:: I have not cropped the bottom area because it may give some false location of the truck in the water.