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Sarikah Atreya

Gangtok, June 14 The Sikkim Government has decided to enhance its helicopter services as part of its connective infrastructural development programmes.

As part of these measures, the Government has decided to upgrade the Gangtok-Bagdogra helicopter services with a 15-seater chopper from the present five-seater chopper. Heli-services will also be extended in all the four districts of the State on requirement and demand basis.

At the moment, the helicopter service is only one air service connecting the State with the rest of the country. With the launch of the 15-seater service, it is expected to give a big boost to the local tourism sector. It would also immensely benefit the locals in the event of the National Highway 31A, the only road connectivity to the State and the ‘lifeline of Sikkim’ being closed due to landslides during monsoons and during any political unrest in the neighbouring Darjeeling Hills in West Bengal.

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