Cupboard Approves Two Ropeway Tasks Price Rs 6,811 Crore At Kedarnath, Hemkund Sahib
New Delhi: The Cupboard Committee on Financial Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday accredited the development of two ropeway initiatives at a price of Rs 6,811 crore to offer final mile connectivity to pilgrims visiting the holy temple at Kedarnath and the Gurudwara at Hemkund Sahib, each in Uttarakhand.
The 12.9 km ropeway venture from Sonprayag to Kedarnath will likely be developed on Design, Construct, Finance, Function and Switch (DBFOT) mode at a complete capital price of Rs. 4,081.28 crore, in response to the official assertion issued after the CCEA assembly.
The ropeway is deliberate to be developed in Public-Personal Partnership and will likely be based mostly on essentially the most superior Tri-cable Removable Gondola (3S) know-how with a design capability of 1,800 passengers per hour per route (PPHPD) carrying 18,000 passengers per day.
The ropeway venture will likely be a boon to the pilgrims visiting Kedarnath as it might present environment-friendly, snug, quick connectivity and cut back journey time in a single route from about 8 to 9 hours to about 36 minutes, the assertion mentioned.
The ropeway venture can even generate substantial employment alternatives throughout building and operations in addition to in allied tourism industries like hospitality, journey, meals and drinks (F&B) and tourism all year long.
The event of the ropeway initiatives is a major step in direction of fostering balanced socio-economic improvement, enhancing last-mile connectivity in hilly areas and fostering speedy financial progress.
The journey to the Kedarnath temple is a difficult 16-km uphill trek from Gaurikund and is presently coated on foot or by ponies, palanquins and helicopters. The proposed ropeway is deliberate to offer comfort to pilgrims visiting the temple and guarantee all-weather connectivity between Sonprayag and Kedarnath.
Kedarnath is among the 12 sacred Jyotirlingas located at an elevation of three,583 metres (11968 toes) within the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. The temple is open for pilgrims for about 6 to 7 months in a 12 months from Akshaya Tritiya (April-Could) to Diwali (October-November) and is visited by about 20 lakh pilgrims yearly through the season.
