CHOPPER FARES TO FOUR SPIRITUAL DESTINATIONS KEDARNATH, BADRINATH, GANGOTRI AND YAMUNOTRI ETC ENHANCED BY 49%

The private chopper services in Uttarakhand to the spiritual destinations – the Char dham has become very expensive.

Now the chopper fares has been multiply raised by 49% thus making the pilgrims’ rides to Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri and other destinations very expensive.

The Chopper fares in Uttarakhand vary significantly by route, with short rides like Sahastradhara to Gauchar costing around ₹3,500, Dehradun to Nainital at roughly ₹4,500, and long-distance routes to destinations like Pithoragarh or for Char Dham packages costing tens or hundreds of thousands of rupees. Major services include the GNG Group and Heritage Aviation, with additional costs like GST potentially applying.

After the 49% fare rise in chopper services to and fro, the escalated fares will put enough pressure on the pilgrims from now inwards, especially the old aged citizens who could not go to the high altitudes due to various ailments like cardiac complications and other diseases.

The fares of the Char Dham luxury packages for individual range from 75000 to 2,25000 for multi days tours from Dehradun.

On longer pilgrimage routes like Hemkunt Sahib to Ghangria the fare is Rs 10 thousand for an individual. Now there is spike.

According to the latest news. This rise in fares of choper flights / ride in Uttarakhand has been done by the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development authority.

According to the chief of the UCADA , IAS Ashish Chouhan who was previously the District Magistrate of Pauri has said that now onwards the flights will be for eight hours and as per the direction of Civil Aviation ministry there will be a full fledged control room to monitor the chopper flights to various destinations. Seven Heli companies will be allowed to fly their choppers to various destinations of Uttarakhand said the chief of the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Authority.

The chief of UCADA Ashish Chouhan said that the rise in fares have been the compelling reasons as the shuttle or sorties of the choppers have been lessened by thirty percent and there is a burden of economic scarcity with the UCADA etc.

This shortage or squeezed financial collections may create complications , hence the chopper fares have been spiked by 49% said Ashish Chouhan, IAS.

He catagorically said that earlier the helicopter tickets to and from were of Rs. 6000 and 8000. After this increase now it will go up to Rs. 8500 and Rs 12000 respectively said Ashish Chouhan.