CHANDIGARH, FEB 18
The Haryana Tourism Minister, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, has said that the state Tourism Department had prepared a ‘Tirtha Darshan’ scheme under which senior citizens above 60 years of age, would be taken to some religious places. People belonging to all religions could avail themselves of the benefit of the scheme.
Under the scheme, the department would bear the entire cost of tour of senior citizens belonging to BPL families whereas in case of senior citizens belonging to non-BPL families, it would bear only 70 per cent of the cost. A maximum of 250 senior citizens, who are physically and mentally fit, would be taken to specific destinations every year by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation. This facility would be given to one senior citizen over one lakh persons in each district of the state, he added.
Mr Sharma said that interested persons would have to submit their applications in the office of Tehsil, Sub Divisional Magistrate, or Deputy Commissioner concerned. If applications exceed the numbers of seats available, the committee constituted at district level under the chairmanship of the deputy commissioner would prepare the final list after screening, he added.
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