News/City Updates

Vizag heli-tourism services to be relaunched in December

The VMRDA (Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority) officials will be relaunching the services of heli-tourism in Vizag. Expected to make a return to the city on 28 December, the relaunch will be coinciding with Visakha Utsav.

The services are expected to extend up to 16 January and the advance booking for the same can be made from 14 November, it has been reported

.

After operating from a helipad at VUDA park for a few days, the officials had also constructed a permanent helipad at Rushikonda.

The heli-tourism services were launched by Pawan Hans along with the government of Andhra Pradesh. While the pilot project was flagged off

 by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu in December last year, the services had to be withdrawn soon with the public evincing a lukewarm response. Despite getting off to a good start, heli-tourism fizzled out with many individuals citing the fee to be on the higher end. The VMRDA officials, however, defended the pricing saying that a lower price would not make the project financially viable.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

Bigg Boss 8 Telugu: Gautam’s Unseen Strategy as the Sanchalak!

Unlike every week, the unofficial voting polls fluctuate showcasing different results. In some polls, Yashmi…

21 mins ago

Streaming now: Check out 7 movies and web series hitting OTT today!

It’s finally Friday, and you know what that mean. It's time to bid farewell to…

39 mins ago

Lawyers promise legal support to gangrape victim

Lawyers in Visakhapatnam staged a dharna in front of the district court on 22 November…

3 hours ago

India’s largest convention centre will come up in Visakhapatnam: Nara Lokesh

During the AP Assembly session on 21 November 2024, IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh…

4 hours ago

2nd Infosys campus to new data units: Lokesh shares 5 key IT developments in Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh's IT and HRD Minister, Nara Lokesh, has revealed a series of exciting IT…

5 hours ago

Badamgir Sai passes away

Noted stage artiste and founder of Rangasai Nataka Sangam and Rangasai Nataka Grandhalayam, AVVS Murthy,…

6 hours ago