UCADA proposes heli service from Dehradun to Kedarnath and Badrinath

Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) is gearing up to start direct heli service from Dehradun to Kedarnath and Badrinath during Char Dham Yatra. UCADA has sent a proposal for the same to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and if it approves, passengers would be able to get the heli service for Kedarnath and Badrinath from the Sahastradhara helipad. Chairing a meeting on the weekend regarding the expansion of helicopter services across the State and providing good facilities to pilgrims in the Char Dham Yatra next year, Civil Aviation secretary Dilip Jawalkar said that UCADA has proposed additional routes for helicopter services from Dehradun to Badrinath, Kedarnath and from Kedarnath valley to Badrinath and Gauchar to Kedarnath among others.