The Urban Development Minister Pritam Singh Panwar flagged-off a nine-seater aircraft with five patients on it from Chinyalisaur airstrip here.
"The temporary services launched in view of poor connectivity and health facilities in the hills will last for a month and can be availed by the poor, old and ailing," Uttarkashi District Magistrate Ashish Kumar Shrivastava said.
One flight will operate twice a week, on Tuesday and Saturday, from Jollygrant to Chaniyalisaur and back as part of the service, Kumar said.