Srinagar, June 16: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Thursday virtually launched the online helicopter booking service portal for Amarnath Yatra.

Office of J&K LG on its official Twitter handle informed that the service was launched by LG Sinha today and this is for the first time that devotees intending to visit Amarnath Cave can avail this service.

“Launched online helicopter booking service portal for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra. For the first time, devotees can travel with ease directly from Srinagar to Panchtarni and complete the holy yatra in a single day,” office of LG tweeted.

LG said that this was a long pending endeavour of the government to introduce heli services from Srinagar.

“It was a long pending endeavour of the Government to introduce heli services from Srinagar for better connectivity and accessibility. Devotees can easily log on to Shrine Board’s website for the booking,” it said in another Tweet.