CHOPPER SERVICE IN VRINDAVAN

Vrindavan November 24, 2014

 

Once again a helicopter service to take pilgrims on a parikrama of the holy town is being started from December 4.

 

The Agra based Jet Star Charter and Helicopter Services will use the helipad developed for the president when he visited Vrindavan to lay the foundation stone of the world's tallest Sri Krishna temple in the Akshay Patra campus.

 

Yogesh Singh Choudhary, a director of the company said initially the chopper service would be available for a quick parikrama of the town but later, if the UP government permits, service to Agra could be extended.

 

The fare fixed for a trip is Rs 2700 per person.

 

In November 2012, Pawan Hans had started a daily service from Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi to Vrindavan. Jayant Choudhary, the then MP, had flagged off the service which could not run for long due to lack of patronage by "touch and go" type pilgrims. The one way fare from Delhi was then fixed at Rs 4000.

 

Local residents, the pandas and the conservationists are unhappy with the moves being made to urbanise Vrindavan. "Neither the move to make Vrindavan a tourist spot nor to change its original rustic flavour would succeed. The Brajbasis are simple people with simple habits and low expectations. The numerous saints and ascetics living in Braj mandal are not too happy with moves to modernise the traditional landscape of the holy town," said Dhananjay Gautam and Jagan Nath Poddar, activists.