Senior Citizens of Jharkhand can travel at government expense to religious places

The Jharkhand government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to begin the chief minister's Mukhyamantri Tirth Darshan Yojana. This scheme will allow senior citizens of the BPL category to visit religious sites by train at state's expenses.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 7 September 2016.

Beneficiaries can avail of two religious trips in their lifetime - one within Jharkhand and one outside and, it is understood that the scheme might be launched on November 15, that is Statehood Day.
For a start, 1,000 devotees will be taken to Puri via train and the government will sponsor their food, accommodation, sight-seeing and medical requirements. Initially, two trains might run for the pilgrimage tour, but the entire travel package like sites to be visited, places where the trains would halt and other facilities would be decided by the government. AS explained by IRCTC, they are the facility provider and will provide whatever the state government wants.
As far as insurance and health facilities - in case of any death due to accident, the next to kin will get Rs 10 lakh. There will not be any special medical facility in the train, but necessary support will be provided at the stations. And, at the sites, guides and paramedics will be in attendance.


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