SrinagarJammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday launched the online helicopter booking portal for the Amarnath Yatra starting June 30.
LG Sinha tweeted after launching the portal, “Online Helicopter Booking Service Portal for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra Launched. For the first time, devotees can easily travel from Srinagar to Panchtarni and complete the holy journey in a single day. Huh.”
Sinha said there was a long pending effort of the government to start helicopter services for pilgrims from Srinagar.
He said, “It was a long pending effort of the government to start heli services from Srinagar for better connectivity and accessibility. Devotees can easily log on to the Shrine Board website for booking.”
The annual yatra is scheduled to start from June 30 and end with Raksha Bandhan on August 11. More than 10 lakh pilgrims are expected to undertake the pilgrimage this year.