Kartarpur Sahib included in the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna

Following Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s order, Kartarpur Sahib and Velankanni Church in Tamil Nadu have been added to the ‘Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna.’

“The 1st batch of pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib will depart in a deluxe bus from Delhi on January 5, 2022. And the first train to Velankanni Church will depart on January 7 next year,” said.

Meanwhile, in a high-level meeting on Friday, Delhi Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot reviewed preparations for the pilgrimages under the scheme. According to an official statement issued on Friday. The Delhi government will send senior citizens a free pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan on January 5, 2019.

According to the report, Kartarpur Sahib and Velankanni Church in Tamil Nadu have been add to the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna on the orders of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The Delhi government has decided to add two more yatra routes to the existing 13 Delhi-Velankanni-Delhi. And Delhi-Kartarpur Sahib-Delhi to its Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra scheme, according to a statement.

On the Delhi-Velankanni-Delhi route, devotees will travel in AC-III tier trains. In contrast, according to the Kartarpur Sahib route, they will be give seats in air-condition buses on the statement.

According to the statement, 15,000 applicants who applied for the yatra under the scheme in 2019. But were unable to use. It due to the COVID-19 pandemic would receive SMSs informing them of the option of amending. Their applications to choose the Delhi-Ayodhya-Delhi route.

Due to the pandemic outbreak, the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana. Which allows senior citizens in Delhi to go on pilgrimages at the government’s expense, could not be held in 2020 and 2021. This facility is available to a total of 1,100 residents per assembly constituency per year, subject to a cap of 77,000 residents per year.