The air service to the Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar from Jamshedpur during the holy month of Shrawan is yet to take off in Jamshedpur.
The nine-seater Cessna Caravan aircraft belonging to Pinnacle Aviation Private limited has been busy ferrying devotees from Ranchi to Deoghar. The aircraft is still not available to Jamshedpur.
While the charter service from Ranchi started on July 29 and has evoked a good response being packed till August 5, devotees in Jamshedpur are awaiting their turn. The service was launched by tourism Principal Secretary Sajal Chakravorty on July 19 in Jamshedpur. The 14,999 package tour which includes two-way air journey, refreshments, have attracted about 20 fliers as of now. The service in Jamshedpur was supposed to start from August 1.
"We have already paid the money but are left in lurch. We had another plans and now I really don't know whether I will be able to go," said Suresh Kumar of Sonari.