Lucknow: Tourism Department Uttar Pradesh has decided to launch the Chopper taxi service to connect leading goals throughout the state.
Services will likely start from December this year.
With many people who avoided crowded trains and flights remember the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism felt ‘fast and luxurious’ choices to find many takers.
Officials said that while Heliport in Agra was ready, the process of preparing heliports in places of other tourism significance had begun.
This project will be based on public partnership models (PPP) and to find appropriate personal players, a consultant will be appointed in two weeks, confirmed the main secretary, tourism and culture, Mukesh Kumar Meshram.
Speaking with Toi, he said there were tourists who did not want to travel with crowded transportation media such as trains and further airplanes after the plague of Corona Pandemic.
There are also many who are able to pay expensive helicopters, he said, adding helicopter taxi services to meet the tourist needs.
Most tourists, especially foreigners, visit Agra to see the Taj Mahal because of good connectivity but the same tiring tourist tourist destinations are as important as poor connectivity.
“This service will provide choices to such people,” other officials said.
For many routes, services will ensure tourists reach the destination and return in a day, said Meshram.
Besides Agra, which is very close to New Delhi, there are other important goals that will definitely be explored by tourists if they can save time, he said.
Besides Heliport near Agra Airport, Meshram said the government already had airports in Vindhyachal, Prasagraj, Lucknow and Varanasi etc.
According to officials, a heliport like Agra with basic facilities for running services is also being built in Mathura and Prayagraj.
To ensure that tourists stay for night in Varanasi, helicopter services to the nearest destination such as Chandraprabha-based Wildlife Chandauli, 12 to 15 minutes Ganga Darshan and Ghats of Varanasi will also begin.
Similarly, helicopters will be available for tourists to Buddhist sites in Bodhgaousa, Kushinagar etc.
The helicopter service will also be available for the nearest tourist destination in Lucknow and also places like Imambara, Residency, Roupi Darwaza, etc.
in the country’s capital.
For places like Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, the department plans to use the runway.
“The foundation strip will be used for landing helicopters in places where there is no heliport,” said Meshram.