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| External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Flags Off Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Through New Route
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| INDIA
, 16-June-2015
9:53:40 AM |
| External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for Kailash Mansarovar yatra in Tibetan Autonomous Region of China through a new route via Nathu La pass which was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit last September.
The new route through the Himalayan pass of Nathu La, 4,000 metres above sea level, will facilitate more comfortable travel for the Indian pilgrims, especially for the elderly, by buses compared to the existing way via Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand.
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"I am delighted to flag off the batch of pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar today for two reasons. Firstly, the promise I made last year of enabling the elderly citizens to undertake the pilgrimage is being fulfilled and secondly the happiness I see on faces of these people who otherwise would not have been able to undertake the yatra," Mrs Swaraj said.
It was Sushma Swaraj's first public event since the row broke out on Sunday over the minister helping former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi get travel documents from the UK.
A total of 18 batches, each comprising around 60 pilgrims, will visit Kailash Mansoravar through the existing route while five batches having 50 pilgrims each will visit it through the newly opened route.
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