Senior citizens between 60 and 75 years of age would go on pilgrimage under the Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra Yojana in three pilgrim trains this year. The first train would begin journey in November.
This was revealed at a meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the State Secretariat here on Tuesday. Padhi directed the Tourism Department to make all arrangements for making the pilgrimage safe and comfort.
According to plans, the three trains with 750 to 1,000 senior citizens each would originate from Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur on different days in this winter. Duration of each pilgrimage will be between seven and eight days.
The State Government will bear all cost for senior citizens belonging to BPl category, while APl people will have pay 50 of cost
A responsible Government officer will accompany the pilgrims in each train.
While the train originating from Bhubaneswar will take the pilgrims to Ajmir and Pushkar in Rajasthan, pilgrims from Brahmapur would get a chance to visit Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) and Vellore (Tamil Nadu). Those who will start journey from Sambalpur would visit Siridi and Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra.