The Delhi Government had launched the Free Chief Minister Tirth Yatra Scheme for the elderly in 2018.
Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana: The Cabinet of the Delhi Government on Wednesday approved the inclusion of Ayodhya in its free pilgrimage scheme for the elderly. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made this announcement in a press conference on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, CM Kejriwal offered prayers at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya. Kejriwal’s announcement comes ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early next year, in which his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) plans to contest.
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The AAP chief said that under the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana, the Delhi government bears the entire cost of pilgrimage of senior citizens to Jagannath Puri, Rameshwaram, Shirdi, Mathura, Haridwar, Tirupati and other places. More than 35,000 senior citizens have made pilgrimage under this scheme.
Chief Minister Kejriwal said that the scheme was stalled for the last one and a half year due to Kovid-19, but now instructions have been issued to start it again and trains for various destinations are expected to start in the next one month.
The Delhi government had launched Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana in 2018 in which it provides free travel packages for senior citizens of Delhi. The scheme provides housing, food and insurance for all senior citizens.
