By Express News Service
DEHRADUN: Registration for the Chardham Yatra, which has made a serious contribution to the state’s financial system, will start on February 21. This yr, the federal government has determined to ebook tickets for heli companies through the Char Dham Yatra via the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
The Char Dham Yatra will start with the opening of the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri on April 22,
adopted by Kedarnath on April 25 and Badrinath Dham on April 27.
The Uttarakhand authorities has determined to ebook heli service tickets via IRCTC with an goal to streamline and simplify the ‘Char Dham Yatra’. A recent tender course of is underway for the Kedarnath heli service. A 3-year contract shall be signed with 9 corporations for heli service operations from Guptkashi, Sirsi and Phata. Till now, tickets had been booked on-line via Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN).
“IRCTC has a robust system of booking railway tickets”, Uttarakhand Civil Aviation division authority (UCADA) Additional Executive Officer Anil Singh instructed this newspaper, “The tender process for Kedarnath heli service is going on. Online ticket booking is being considered for handling over to IRCTC”. 70 per cent of the tickets for the Kedarnath heli service are booked on-line whereas 30 per cent of tickets
are booked via corporations working heli service. Till now, on-line ticket reserving was carried out via GMVN.
“The tourism department has advised pilgrims to register before the yatra as well as undergo health check-ups” and “also to travel slowly in the camps with a short halt on the yatra route, so that passengers coming from hot regions can adapt themselves to the climate here”, state tourism secretary Sachin Kurve instructed
this newspaper.
“In the year 2022, there was a 35 per cent increase in the number of Char Dham pilgrims as compared to the pre-Covid season in 2019,” Badri Kedar Temple Committee Chairman Ajayendra Ajay instructed TNIE, including that “over 1.32 lakh people availed helicopter services to visit Kedarnath temple”. There was an enormous rush for the heli service in May-June as the push of pilgrims peaked through the yatra. The operation of heli service can be regularly affected on account of unhealthy climate in Kedarnath. Due to this the backlog of advance reserving of tickets will increase, and passengers have to attend a very long time.
In the yr 2022, a complete of 4681131 pilgrims visited Chardham and Hemkund Sahib. The authorities hopes to cross this determine this time. For the Yatra, which begins on April 22, the federal government has additionally directed this time that pilgrims coming to Uttarakhand must mandatorily set up a “vehicle location tracking system” with their automobile registration.
DEHRADUN: Registration for the Chardham Yatra, which has made a serious contribution to the state’s financial system, will start on February 21. This yr, the federal government has determined to ebook tickets for heli companies through the Char Dham Yatra via the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
The Char Dham Yatra will start with the opening of the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri on April 22,
adopted by Kedarnath on April 25 and Badrinath Dham on April 27.
The Uttarakhand authorities has determined to ebook heli service tickets via IRCTC with an goal to streamline and simplify the ‘Char Dham Yatra’. A recent tender course of is underway for the Kedarnath heli service. A 3-year contract shall be signed with 9 corporations for heli service operations from Guptkashi, Sirsi and Phata. Till now, tickets had been booked on-line via Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN).
“IRCTC has a robust system of booking railway tickets”, Uttarakhand Civil Aviation division authority (UCADA) Additional Executive Officer Anil Singh instructed this newspaper, “The tender process for Kedarnath heli service is going on. Online ticket booking is being considered for handling over to IRCTC”. 70 per cent of the tickets for the Kedarnath heli service are booked on-line whereas 30 per cent of tickets
are booked via corporations working heli service. Till now, on-line ticket reserving was carried out via GMVN.
“The tourism department has advised pilgrims to register before the yatra as well as undergo health check-ups” and “also to travel slowly in the camps with a short halt on the yatra route, so that passengers coming from hot regions can adapt themselves to the climate here”, state tourism secretary Sachin Kurve instructed
this newspaper.
“In the year 2022, there was a 35 per cent increase in the number of Char Dham pilgrims as compared to the pre-Covid season in 2019,” Badri Kedar Temple Committee Chairman Ajayendra Ajay instructed TNIE, including that “over 1.32 lakh people availed helicopter services to visit Kedarnath temple”. There was an enormous rush for the heli service in May-June as the push of pilgrims peaked through the yatra. The operation of heli service can be regularly affected on account of unhealthy climate in Kedarnath. Due to this the backlog of advance reserving of tickets will increase, and passengers have to attend a very long time.
In the yr 2022, a complete of 4681131 pilgrims visited Chardham and Hemkund Sahib. The authorities hopes to cross this determine this time. For the Yatra, which begins on April 22, the federal government has additionally directed this time that pilgrims coming to Uttarakhand must mandatorily set up a “vehicle location tracking system” with their automobile registration.
