Decks cleared for Kedarnath, Hemkund Sahib ropeways | India News

NEW DELHI: The cupboard on Wednesday permitted two ropeway initiatives – Sonprayag to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib – in Uttarakhand, which is able to scale back journey time to lower than an hour from near 10 hours now. Govt has additionally lined up over half a dozen ropeway initiatives for Maa Kamakhya temple in Assam, throughout Sangam in Prayagraj, for Bijli Mahadev in Kullu, and one other from Kathgodam to Hanumangarhi in Uttarakhand.
The estimated value of the 2 initiatives that the cupboard permitted is round Rs 6,811 crore and will likely be accomplished in six years. Officials in National Highway Logistics Management Ltd, central govt company for ropeway initiatives, stated bids for each will likely be opened late this month.

These will likely be applied on a public non-public partnership (PPP) mode. Considering the excessive demand of pilgrims and vacationers, govt expects it will not want to supply any monetary assist.
Providing particulars of the initiatives permitted a day earlier than PM Modi visits Uttarakhand, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated these will likely be large boon for pilgrims visiting the shrines of Lord Shiva and Guru Gobind Singh, as these would supply environment-friendly, snug and quick connectivity. Modi had laid the muse stones for the initiatives in Oct 2022.
The Sonprayag-Kedarnath ropeway will likely be primarily based on the most recent ‘gondola know-how‘; every gondola will be capable to accommodate 36 passengers. The journey time in a single path will come down from about 8-9 hours to 36 minutes.
The different ropeway venture will present comfort to pilgrims and vacationers visiting the Valley of Flowers and can guarantee all-weather final mile connectivity between Govindghat and Hemkund Sahib. Sahib final 12 months and the venture is predicted to extend the variety of individuals visiting the shrine by 10 occasions.
Thanking the PM for the selections for fulfilling the long-standing demand, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami stated, “These projects will reduce the long hours of travel to a few minutes for those visiting Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib. This will also boost the economy.”