Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena Wednesday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to start the process of surveying and selecting sites for installation of ropeways/cableways that would carry passengers in cable cars across the Yamuna.
More than 200 projects at a cost of Rs 1.25 lakh crore have been identified for the next five years under the National Ropeways Development Programme
After laying foundation stone of ropeway for Mata Baglamukhi temple in Mandi district, he said tout of these, the detailed project report of one has been prepared for ropeway from Bharmour to Bharmani Mata Temple in Chamba district to be constructed at a cost of Rs 120 crore.
Talking to media, Thakur said Himachal was the first state in the country to push for ropeway connectivity in hilly areas of the country in front of PM Modi as road construction activities result in felling of trees, cutting of hills that contributes to environmental degradation.
