Heli service is going to start soon for Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib. For this, booking of heli tickets will start from September 10. At the same time, the fare of heli service may also increase.
Let us tell you that after the heli accident on June 15, DGCA had banned the shuttle service. After this, CM Dhami had constituted a committee to make a strict SOP for the operation of heli services. The committee has prepared a blueprint of the SOP and submitted it to the government. In which strict rules have been made for the operation of heli services. Recently, Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan held a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA in Delhi, in which he urged to lift the ban on heli services and cooperate in the operation.
UCADA CEO Ashish Chauhan said that after lifting the ban of DGCA, now Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UKADA) has allowed online booking of tickets for Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib heli service. IRCTC has released the date of ticket booking on its website https://heliyatra.irctc.co.in/. The portal will open on September 10 at 12 noon. Tickets will be booked for travel from September 15 to October 11.
