The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board has made arrangements with Trilok Security System to facilitate free photometric registration of Char Dham pilgrims and tourists visiting Uttarakhand, said Tourism secretary Shailesh Bagauli here on Tuesday.
The 11 centres set up across the State last year for photometric registration of pilgrims have been augmented this year with three more centres being set up at locations in Dehradun, Haridwar and Uttarkashi.
Bagauli informed that registration centres had been set up in 2015 for the convenience of pilgrims at 11 locations across the State including Haridwar railway station, Rishikesh roadways bus-stand, Hemkund Gurudwara in Rishikesh, Janakichatti, Gangotri, Guptkashi, Fata, Sonprayag, Kedarnath, Pandukeshwar and Govindghat.
This year, the procedure is underway to facilitate three more centres at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya parking facility in Haridwar, Heena and Dobata in Uttarkashi. The centre at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya parking has been set up while internet and other important facilities are in the process of being arranged at the two centres in Uttarkashi so that photometric registration can be started before resumption of the Char Dham Yatra.
In the year 2015, the registration work had been undertaken with 35 counters being set up in 11 registration centres. “Considering the probability of an increase in the number of Char Dham Yatra pilgrims this year, the necessary work is being undertaken by Trilok Security System to establish 15 more counters. As planned, the photometric registration of Char Dham Yatra pilgrims this year will be facilitated through 50 counters in 14 photometric registration centres. Along with this, as in past years, the online registration facility for the convenience of Char Dham pilgrims from India and abroad will be facilitated at the rate of `50 per person,” said the Tourism secretary.
He further informed that so far a total of 68 persons have registered online for the Char Dham Yatra 2016. A present, registration counters are being operated at the Haridwar railway station, roadways bus stand in Rishikesh and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
So far 57 mendicants and persons undertaking the Char Dham Yatra on foot have got themselves registered in these counters so far. The photometric registration at the the remaining 11 places is slated to be started by May 6-7 informed the official.