Jaipur: Over 1000 pilgrims of economically poor background aged 70 years and above will fly free to the religious destinations---Tirupati, Rameshwaram, Dwarka and Jaganathpuri courtesy Devasthan Vibagh of Rajasthan department. The first flight to Chennai for Tirupati Darshan will take off from Jaipur airport on February 28. A private 'premier' airline has been allocated the charge of ferrying pilgrims.
"Every day a batch of 30-90 pilgrims will fly down to the nearest airport to the chosen religious destination. Till date 700 pilgrims have been selected via lottery and date of de partures have been allocated o them. By the end of March he traget of 1000 pilgrims would be completed," said Raj Kumar Rinwa, minister of Devasthan Vibhaj.
Rajasthan is among the few states which are sponsoring the pilgrimage through trains since 2013. The minister informed that state is first in the country to sponsor free aerial pilgrimage. Neither these elderly persons have the money to be ar the train expenses nor does their health allow them to send through trains, says Rinwa while explaining the objective choosing the aerial route over the phone from an election rally in Uttar Pradesh."This move is inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi ambition of inclusive growth and formation of an equal society ," said Rinwa.
15/02/17 Shoeb Khan/Times of India
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"Every day a batch of 30-90 pilgrims will fly down to the nearest airport to the chosen religious destination. Till date 700 pilgrims have been selected via lottery and date of de partures have been allocated o them. By the end of March he traget of 1000 pilgrims would be completed," said Raj Kumar Rinwa, minister of Devasthan Vibhaj.
Rajasthan is among the few states which are sponsoring the pilgrimage through trains since 2013. The minister informed that state is first in the country to sponsor free aerial pilgrimage. Neither these elderly persons have the money to be ar the train expenses nor does their health allow them to send through trains, says Rinwa while explaining the objective choosing the aerial route over the phone from an election rally in Uttar Pradesh."This move is inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi ambition of inclusive growth and formation of an equal society ," said Rinwa.
15/02/17 Shoeb Khan/Times of India
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