Six Chardham devotees returning from Badrinath Shrine had a narrow escape on Wednesday when the helicopter they were on board had to make an emergency landing on a farmland due to a technical snag.
The helicopter service to the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand is set to become nearly 40 percent more expensive once the government lifts the current ban.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said on Saturday that Uttarakhand and other Himalayan states will have more air traffic control systems (ATCS) to prevent helicopter mishaps in the region.
A helicopter carrying seven people on board and which was on its way to Gaurikund in Uttarakhand crashed on Sunday morning, Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) said.
