A team of 550 aged persons will leave for a four-day pilgrimage to Mathura and Vrindavan under the Chief Minister Teerthyatra Yojana, on a special train from Champa railway station on May 16. After the pilgrimage, they will return at Champa railway station on May 19. On the instructions of the government, 16 escort officers will accompany these pilgrims for taking care of them.
Under the scheme, the first pilgrimage of 522 senior citizens from the district was sent for Ujjain and Omkareshwar on February 24 last. In the second yatra sent on March 21, 52 persons from the district were included for Amritsar Golden Temple pilgrimage. The third yatra was started on March 29, in which 55 pilgrims were sent for Ajmer Sherif and Fatehpur and in the forth teerthyatra had been sent for Haridwar and Rishikesh on April 19, in which 513 pilgrims were included from the district.
The boarding station for the fifth Teerthyatra for Mathura and Vrindavan will be Korba and Champa. The special train will start at 3 pm from Champa railway station on May 16. 550 senior citizens have been selected for the pilgrimage and their health check-up has also been done.
The state government has given the responsibility for making bus arrangement for bringing pilgrims from the janpad panchayat headquarters to the boarding station and from the railway station to the janpad panchayat headquarters to the janpad panchayat CEOs. Photo identity cards having the details of pilgrims have been made available.