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GUWAHATI:
The Centre has projected a ₹213.24 crore ropeway task to nexus a large railway presumption to Kamakhya Temple atop the Nilachal Hill successful Guwahati.
Thanking Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari for the announcement tagged ‘Vikas Bhi, Virasat Bhi’ (Heritage with Development), Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the inaugural would beryllium a measurement toward giving “new momentum to ineffable journeys”.
According to the blueprint, the 1.43-kilometre-long ropeway volition link Kamakhya Railway Station with the hilltop shrine, cutting question clip from astatine slightest 20 minutes to six minutes. The task has been designed to ferry 16,500 passengers crossed 18 modern gondolas, ensuring smoother and safer question for devotees and tourists alike.
Conceived arsenic an eco-friendly greenish mobility solution, the ropeway is expected to easiness postulation congestion connected the Nilachal Hill roadworthy and trim biology stress. Envisaged to amended pilgrim convenience, the task is expected to make section employment opportunities and sustainably boost tourism successful and astir Guwahati.
