On the first day 1.65 lakh people registered, the highest for Kedarnath

There is tremendous enthusiasm among the people about the Chardham Yatra. Online registration for travel has started. On the first day, 1.65 lakh devotees registered. Most of the registrations have been for Kedarnath. Significantly, the Chardham Yatra is scheduled to start from 30 April. The doors of Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham will open on 30 April. While the doors of Kedarnath and Badrinath Dham will open on May 2.

How many people registered?

• The tourism department launched the online registration portal and mobile app “Tourist Care Uttarakhand” for the journey at 7 am on Thursday. , By 5 pm, more than 1.65 lakh pilgrims had registered for the yatra on various dates. Aadhaar card has been made mandatory for registration.
• According to the data of the tourism department, the highest number of 53,570 pilgrims registered for the Kedarnath Yatra on the first day.
• 49385 people registered for Badrinath Dham
• 30,933 devotees registered for Gangotri and 30,224 for Yamunotri.
• 1,180 pilgrims were registered for Hemkund Sahib.

Registration for heli service will start

• Haley service has also been started for Chardham Yatra. Online booking of Haley Seva for Kedarnath is likely to begin in the first week of April. The Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) has completed preparations. Nine airlines will operate helicopter services from Guptkashi, Sirsi and Phata. Haley ticket booking will be done through IRCTC. Registration of passengers in Chardham Yatra will be mandatory to avail heli service.
• Hotel booking is already increasing.
• Yukada CEO Sonika said that all preparations have been completed to operate a heli service. Arrangements are being made to ensure that passengers do not have any kind of inconvenience during the journey.
• For the convenience of tourists, the tourism department has launched the mobile application tourist care for registration Uttarakhand. Apart from this, 24-hour toll free number 0135-1364 has also been issued for passengers do not have any problem in registration.