All heli tickets for Kedarnath sold within few hours of opening online booking, flights from Dehradun already cancelled

Dehradun, Oct 9 (UNI) Helicopter service booking for Kedarnath Shrine from nearby helipads was over within few hours of its start on Friday as IRCTC was closed with all seats sold for 25 days. All the tickets were sold immediately after online window of IRCTC was opened at 3.00 pm on Friday, a day after direct heli flights from Dehradun Airport to Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines were abandoned for entire pilgrimage season. As per earlier decision of Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) online booking for Kedarnath Shrine helicopter sorties for 25 days from October 16 to November 9 were…