The doors of Kedarnath Temple, Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham located in Uttarakhand opened on Friday, May 10. The doors of Badrinath Dham opened at 6 am on Sunday, May 12. Since then there is a queue of devotees for darshan. But do you know how much will be the fare if you have to go to Kedarnath or Badrinath by helicopter? Know why helicopter tickets are not available for these Dhams and even if they are available in black, they are many times more expensive.
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With the opening of the doors of Kedarnath Dham, long queues of devotees are forming for darshan. Although some passengers have got helicopter tickets during this period, most of the devotees say that when the helicopter booking started on the IRCTC website, the tickets were sold out very quickly. Due to which he could not get the helicopter ticket.
Helicopters of how many companies
Let us tell you that the government has given permission to 9 companies for the Kedarnath Yatra. Permission is given for helicopter service. Which includes companies like Trans Bharat Aviation, Aryan Aviation, Pawan Hans, Thambi Aviation, Global Vectra Helicorp, Trans Bharat Aviation, Arrow Aircraft Himalayan Heli Services, Kestrel Aviation Sersi Helipad. These companies will fly from three places, which include Fata, Sirsi and Guptkashi helipad.
How much is the charge
Rs 6072 round trip from Fada to Kedarnath. There is a trip charge. The round trip charge from Sirsi to Kedarnath is Rs 6072. Whereas from Guptkashi to Kedarnath the charge is Rs 8426. Apart from this, you will have to pay tax separately. Whereas for Gauchar to Badrinath, Rs 3,970 will be charged.
Tickets black
Tickets for Badrinath helicopter service including Kedarnath are being blackened, regarding this No evidence has been found. But when ABP News team spoke to the travel agents present in Rishikesh and Haridwar, they told on the condition of anonymity that helicopter tickets are not available for Kedarnath. If a passenger wants a ticket, then the charge for one person will be around Rs 13 thousand to Rs 18 thousand. He told that on ticket demand and long holidays, this rate increases to more than Rs 30 thousand. However, for this the passenger will have to make advance payment of about 40 percent, only after that the process of booking the ticket will start.