Heli-taxis launched to cut Shimla-Chandigarh travel time to 20 min
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur on Monday flagged off a helicopter taxi service that will reduce the travel time between Shimla and Chandigarh to 20 minutes, against the nearly 3.5 hours by road. The service, operated by Pawan Hans, can accommodate 19 persons on each sortie and will charge â¹2,999 per person. 