SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested one local tour operator for overcharging pilgrims on helicopter tickets for a trip from Baltal to the holy cave of Amarnath. They have additionally filed an FIR on July 10 at the Sonmarg police station for dishonest. Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has additionally initiated action in opposition to erring tour operators for charging pilgrims as high as Rs 15,000 for a trip worth for which has been fastened at Rs three,450 in keeping with person to and fro.
Though the SASB has supplied on-line booking facility for the pilgrims, it has recognized four tour operators every from Jammu and Srinagar to sell helicopter tickets at their Neelgrath-helipad retailers at Baltal in Sonmarg. Each of the 8 retailers at Baltal has been allowed to sell a most of 11 tickets day-to-day to these pilgrims who've did not make on-line bookings. The SASB has hired the services of two Delhi-based private helicopter corporations -- Global Vectra Helicopter Ltd and UTAir -- to ferry pilgrims at Rs 1,715 one-way. However, it has been discovered that those operators were promoting every price tag for a whopping Rs 15,000.
Sanjay Kumar of Global Vectra instructed TOI that the corporate were allocated four local tour operators for supply of tickets day-to-day and the police remaining week arrested one of them for dishonest. “We have made a grievance to the SASB to blacklist the errant tour operator,” he mentioned.
When contacted, a senior official of the shrine board mentioned, “We have taken the topic very seriously and initiated action after you have to know that probably the most local tour operators are fleecing the pilgrims.”
Another official of the board admitted that this was not something that had come to the fore best this 12 months. A an identical dishonest case was filed by way of the J&Ok police officers in opposition to a Jammu-based tour operator remaining 12 months, the official added.
Though the SASB has supplied on-line booking facility for the pilgrims, it has recognized four tour operators every from Jammu and Srinagar to sell helicopter tickets at their Neelgrath-helipad retailers at Baltal in Sonmarg. Each of the 8 retailers at Baltal has been allowed to sell a most of 11 tickets day-to-day to these pilgrims who've did not make on-line bookings. The SASB has hired the services of two Delhi-based private helicopter corporations -- Global Vectra Helicopter Ltd and UTAir -- to ferry pilgrims at Rs 1,715 one-way. However, it has been discovered that those operators were promoting every price tag for a whopping Rs 15,000.
Sanjay Kumar of Global Vectra instructed TOI that the corporate were allocated four local tour operators for supply of tickets day-to-day and the police remaining week arrested one of them for dishonest. “We have made a grievance to the SASB to blacklist the errant tour operator,” he mentioned.
When contacted, a senior official of the shrine board mentioned, “We have taken the topic very seriously and initiated action after you have to know that probably the most local tour operators are fleecing the pilgrims.”
Another official of the board admitted that this was not something that had come to the fore best this 12 months. A an identical dishonest case was filed by way of the J&Ok police officers in opposition to a Jammu-based tour operator remaining 12 months, the official added.
Tour operator selling copter ticket held for overcharging Amarnath pilgrims
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