Yamunotri ropeway challenge okayed

Express News Service

Cost of challenge  1,200 crores
Length of Ropeway  3,846 metres
Time to achieve  10-15 minutes
Carrying capability: 4,000 pilgrims in a day

DEHRADUN:  The Centre has accepted the long-awaited ropeway challenge at Yamunotri — one of many 4 ‘dhams’ of Uttarakhand. The 3.7-km ropeway from Kharsali to Yamunotri is not going to solely scale back the gap to the Himalayan shrine but additionally present nice aid to pilgrims, particularly the aged, from enterprise the arduous journey of round 5 km.

District Tourism Officer Rahul Choubey mentioned, the inspiration stone for the Rs 1,200 crore challenge was laid by then BJP chief Nitin Gadkari in 2011. The Yamunotri Dham is situated in Uttarkashi district of the state.
The Yamunotri temple is devoted to Goddess Yamuna and is situated in western Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of about 3,291 meters. Devotees at the moment must bear a 5km steep climb to achieve the temple after Janaki Chatti.

“The project is commercial and environment-friendly,” state secretary of tourism Sachin Kurbe informed this newspaper. “Such projects are good for the people as well as the ecology and economy of our state,” he mentioned. Officials aware of the small print of the challenge mentioned the ropeway, to be constructed at an altitude of 10,797 ft, will probably be 3.8 km lengthy. The challenge, envisaged in 2008, was delayed for a very long time. The ropeway goals to cut back the time to 10-Quarter-hour. Currently, it takes round 90 minutes to achieve the temple from Kharsali village in Janakichatti.

District tourism officer Choubey mentioned the villagers of Kharsali had given round 14,880 sq. yards of land for the challenge. Though it couldn’t be began because of hurdles within the acquisition of forestland, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has now transferred 3.8 hectares to the tourism division for the challenge.

Another tourism division official informed this reporter that there are frequent jams because of the slender highway resulting in the ‘dham’. “In view of all these problems, it was proposed in the year 2006 to connect Yamunotri Dham with the ropeway, for which a tender was also issued by the Tourism Department in 2012. However, due to lack of strong will in the government, the ropeway project could not be approved even after 15 years,” mentioned the official.

Local businessman Jaswant Singh informed this each day that after the connectivity to the ropeway, the supply of earnings of native businessmen would improve and the economic system of the area will additionally thrive.

Cost of challenge  1,200 crores
Length of Ropeway  3,846 metres
Time to achieve  10-15 minutes
Carrying capability: 4,000 pilgrims in a day
DEHRADUN:  The Centre has accepted the long-awaited ropeway challenge at Yamunotri — one of many 4 ‘dhams’ of Uttarakhand. The 3.7-km ropeway from Kharsali to Yamunotri is not going to solely scale back the gap to the Himalayan shrine but additionally present nice aid to pilgrims, particularly the aged, from enterprise the arduous journey of round 5 km.

District Tourism Officer Rahul Choubey mentioned, the inspiration stone for the Rs 1,200 crore challenge was laid by then BJP chief Nitin Gadkari in 2011. The Yamunotri Dham is situated in Uttarkashi district of the state.
The Yamunotri temple is devoted to Goddess Yamuna and is situated in western Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of about 3,291 meters. Devotees at the moment must bear a 5km steep climb to achieve the temple after Janaki Chatti.

“The project is commercial and environment-friendly,” state secretary of tourism Sachin Kurbe informed this newspaper. “Such projects are good for the people as well as the ecology and economy of our state,” he mentioned. Officials aware of the small print of the challenge mentioned the ropeway, to be constructed at an altitude of 10,797 ft, will probably be 3.8 km lengthy. The challenge, envisaged in 2008, was delayed for a very long time. The ropeway goals to cut back the time to 10-Quarter-hour. Currently, it takes round 90 minutes to achieve the temple from Kharsali village in Janakichatti.

District tourism officer Choubey mentioned the villagers of Kharsali had given round 14,880 sq. yards of land for the challenge. Though it couldn’t be began because of hurdles within the acquisition of forestland, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has now transferred 3.8 hectares to the tourism division for the challenge.

Another tourism division official informed this reporter that there are frequent jams because of the slender highway resulting in the ‘dham’. “In view of all these problems, it was proposed in the year 2006 to connect Yamunotri Dham with the ropeway, for which a tender was also issued by the Tourism Department in 2012. However, due to lack of strong will in the government, the ropeway project could not be approved even after 15 years,” mentioned the official.

Local businessman Jaswant Singh informed this each day that after the connectivity to the ropeway, the supply of earnings of native businessmen would improve and the economic system of the area will additionally thrive.