This year the doors of Yamunotri and Gangotri Dham will open on May 03. While the doors of Kedarnath and Badrinath will open on 06 May and 08 May respectively. The Chardham Yatra was slow for the last two years due to the Covid-19. Very few passengers came on the Char Dham Yatra due to Covid-19.
But this year things are looking better. There is a lot of enthusiasm among the pilgrims about the Char Dham Yatra. Hotels along the travel route have started getting packed. Bus and taxi drivers have also started getting advance booking. In such a situation, Uttarakhand Roadways has also started preparations for the Chardham Yatra in 2022.
Roadways is preparing to run 50 buses on the Chardham Yatra route in the peak season. Along with this, daily bus services will be started from Rishikesh to Kedarnath, Yamunotri, Gangotri, and Badrinath as soon as the Yatra starts.
Local passengers will also benefit from these roadways buses. Along with the pilgrims coming from outside, local passengers will also get benefit from roadways buses. Roadways bus has the facility of free travel for people above 65 years of age in Uttarakhand. Apart from this, there are some other categories as well, which get the benefit of free travel. If roadways buses ply, then special category of people will get benefit.
Char Dham Yatra is going to start from 03 May with the opening of Kapaats of Yamunotri and Gangotri.
Chardham Yatra from 05 am to 08 pm
The Transport Department has fixed the time of operation of vehicles on the Chardham Yatra route. Vehicles will be operated on the journey route from five in the morning to eight in the night. This decision, intended to curb the accident, will prevent vehicles running late at night through checkposts of transport department and police.
Entry exit timings to curb speedy vehicles
In order to stop the speedy vehicles on the journey, commercial vehicle drivers will require to mark the date and time in the checkpost at the beginning of the journey and time of returning in the greencard on the same check post. For example, if the journey time is seven days, then the driver has to enter the first day on the way out and on the seventh day after returning. If he returns before the scheduled time without reason, his greencard will be canceled.
Other Chardham Yatra Preparations
- Green cards will be started soon
- Transport Department’s checkposts on the Yatra route will start soon.
- For the first time, the drivers going on yatra route will be trained in the IDTR
- To prevent passengers from traveling by unauthorized vehicles, awareness will be made through the banner poster from Haridwar itself.
- Booking will be done in the journey only through the authorized travel agent from the Transport Department
- Customs slips will be made to prevent unauthorized vehicles coming from other states
- Unauthorized travel agents will be arrested and their offices will be sealed
Transport Department has started preparations for the Chardham Yatra. Adequate arrangement of buses will be made available for safe travel. It is also being considered to include roadways buses.
Published Date: March 14, 2022
