Madhya Pradesh government organised a free air travel facility for senior citizens going to Prayagraj as a pilgrim. On Sunday, the Madhya Pradesh government sent 32 senior citizens on free pilgrimage via flight under the MP government’s scheme. It is for the first time the beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana in Madhya Pradesh are travelling by air.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reached Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj Airport and greeted the 32 senior citizens –24 men and eight women before they boarded the flight.
While the BJP regime in 2012 launched free-of-cost travel via trains to pilgrimages, now Chouhan has widened the scheme allowing free air travel too.
So far, 7, 82,000 elderly people have undertaken pilgrimage in 782 special trains under the scheme, as per an official statement.
Chief Minister Chouhan prepared an effective action plan for the month of May to July to make the benefits of Mukhya Mantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana by air easily available to the elders of the state, which will be launched on May 21 from Bhopal to Prayagraj.
In the same sequence, on May 23 pilgrims of Agar-Malwa district will leave from Indore airport for Shirdi. While on May 25, pilgrims of Betul district will leave from Bhopal airport via Agra airport for Mathura-Vrindavan. On May 26, pilgrims of Dewas will leave from Indore airport for Shirdi, and on June 3 pilgrims of Khandwa from Indore airport via Kolkata for Gangasagar.
A help centre has been set up at the airport for the convenience of the passengers.
Legislative Assembly elections are due in Madhya Pradesh this year.
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