Himachal Pradesh launched religious circuit bus

On October 21, the first religious circuit bus in Himachal Pradesh was launched from Dharamshala to Chintapurni-Jawalamukhi.

The service was launched by Rohan Thakur, managing director, Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation (HRTC) and Nipun Jindal, deputy commissioner Kangra launched the first religious circuit bus.

Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal, Manish Agnihotri stated that the 100 routes of religious destinations would be redesigned and identified for using by HRTC buses under the "Darshan Scheme".

According to reports more such buses will be running in the coming days. Another bus running between Chintpurni Mata and KhatuShyam in Rajasthan is scheduled to start from October 23.

Rohan Thakur said “We are working on two strategies, to start new routes and publicise old existing routes like Shimla to Amritsar, Shimla to Chintpurni and Shimla to Hatkoti temple. Over 1.5 crore people visit Chintpurni and Jawalamukhi temples every year and the idea is to provide a comfortable and affordable travel”.

The bus would start from Dharamshala at 8 am, reach Chintapurni Mata temple at 10:30, then to  Jawalamukhi Temple at 2pm and get back to Dharmshala concluding the round at 5:30 pm.

The bus will have the sitting arrangement of 3x2 and would cost 400 per trip. Each trip would consume one full day to visit different places. It would take the pilgrims to Jawalamukhi and then Sugam Darshan at Chintapurni.

A scheme with the name of Sugam Darshan Pranali runs under which a pass worth Rs220 per person is issued so that a person can directly do Darshan and does not have to wait in the queue. Only 500 such passes can be issued per day.

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