India, July 7 -- The Uttarakhand government has sent a proposal to the Union civil aviation ministry to operate a chopper shuttle service from Jyotirmath (earlier Joshimath) to Badrinath in Chamoli district, a senior official said. Jyotirmath is approximately 42km from Badrinath by road.

Sachin Kurve, secretary, civil aviation, Uttarakhand, said, "We have sent a proposal to the Union civil aviation ministry to operate chopper shuttle service from Jyotirmath to Badrinath Dham. If everything falls in line, we will begin the chopper service from this year."

Currently, chopper services to Badrinath from Dehradun are available as part of the Char Dham chartered service package.

According to officials, the chopper services will operate from ...