The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners of Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, and Rajouri; the Director of Tourism; representatives from Civil Aviation, J&K, and the Airport Authority of India (AAI), Jammu.
The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
Having been declared a ‘No flying Zone’ in veiw of security concerns, the helicopter service will not be available to the pilgrims this time for reaching the mountain cave shrine of Amarnath in Kashmir.
Heli Darshan Service for the two Himalayan pilgrimage centres will take off in April this year.
He said that the flights by M/S Pawan Hans Limited under UDAN-2 for the state of Himachal Pradesh would be operated on Chandigarh-Shimla-Chandigarh, Shimla-Kullu-Shimla and Shimla-Dharamshala-Shimla routes
"For sightseeing and witnessing Durga Puja, the per head fare for an adult is Rs 1,700 and for children below 12 years it is Rs 1,500," the TRTC official said.
The tough 16 km trek to Kedarnath demands a high level of fitness and in the past few years the…
More than 1.39-lakh pilgrims, including 31 from abroad, have so far registered themselves for the pilgrimage and 28,516 have reserved chopper seats
With about 150 sorties every day, it is virtually touch and go for the pilots as the helicopter service between…
