Ayodhya, May 14 -- The helicopter tour of Ayodhya, providing an aerial view of the temple town and the Ram temple, has been called off again, due to a lack of customers.

The helicopter service, launched on February 19, only operated for a week.

The reasons behind the service failing were high fares and only eight minutes of flying time, including one minute for take-off and one minute for landing, people in the know of things said.

Om Prakash Singh, a tourism expert of Ayodhya said, "The per round fare is Rs.4,130. If a family of four wishes to ride then they have to pay Rs.16,520, which is almost half the monthly earning of a common man," said Singh, adding "the helicopter company must decrease its fare below Rs.2,000 and and extend t...