Noida, UP -- (SBWire) -- 06/07/2010 -- With the mercury shooting up in most parts of Northern India http://www.hillstationsinindia.com/ , pilgrims and tourists are opting for the hilly areas of Uttarakhand as their summer retreat. Tourists mostly from Gujarat, Delhi and Rajasthan; where the temperatures are unbearable high, can be seen flocking to hill stations like Mussoorie & Nainital and pilgrim centers like Badrinath & Kedarnath. Tourists are also visiting in lesser known destinations like Chakrata, Binsar, Ranikhet and Khirsu.

“This year’s rush is the heaviest in the recent years. Due to the continuing hot weather conditions across the country, we are expecting more rush in coming days,” said Tourism Minister MR. Madan Kaushik.

The rush of tourists is high at the holy shrine of Badrinath where a total of 1.25 L pilgrims visited since its reopening on May 19 2010. Similarly, 70,000 pilgrims are known to have visited the Kedarnath shrine, 96,000 visited the Gangotri shrine and 62,000 visited the Yamunotri shrine during the past few days. Badrinath and Kedarnath together recorded 4 times more pilgrims than last year, in its first week of reopening this season.

Keeping in view this rush, the Uttarakhand government has now deployed tourism police all across the Chardham ( http://www.chardham-pilgrimage-tour.com/ ) tourist circuit. They have opened 46 tourist booths to ensure the safety and security of the pilgrims. The chief minister of Uttarakhand, Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has also instructed the state tourist department to strengthen its facilities in the popular tourist destinations.

The Pawan Hans and the Prabhatam, the two government run chopper airlines are making around 50 trips daily to the Kedarnath shrine which is perched at a height of about 3,584 M in the Garhwal Himalayas. Not only this, the hill resort of Nainital has its hotels running full due to the recent rush of tourists.

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