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Agra:Keeping in mind the possible surge of visitors and devotees after the inauguration of the Ram temple, the Uttar Pradesh government will connect Ayodhya with six districts under the Braj Air Safari helicopter service...
On 25 December, marking the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the helicopter service began connecting Bateshwar in Agra to Govardhan in Mathura...
UP principal secretary, tourism, Mukesh Meshram told ThePrint Thursday that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will formally launch the helicopter service this week at Lucknow...
Agra Tourist Welfare Chamber president Prahalad Agarwal said that the helicopter service was expected to offer great potential for an increase in religious tourism between the Braj region and Ayodhya, with pilgrims seeking to visit the lands of Lord Krishna and Lord Ram availing this service...
The low passenger-carrying capacity of the helicopter, combined with the high price tag, will prove to be a major deterrent for tourists, and only very well-off passengers will opt for this service, merely for its novelty value, he said.. Rohit Kumar Kain, chief executive at Nirvana Tours India, a major travel operator in Agra, said that the helicopter service was a great idea but they have received no formal communication from either the tourism department about its launch..
