To promote non secular tourism in Uttarakhand, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its approval for the event of a ropeway undertaking between Sonprayag to Kedarnath temple in Rudraprayag district. Once accomplished, the undertaking will profit 1000’s of pilgrims visiting the Kedarnath temple yearly.
According to officers, the ropeway will considerably scale back the time taken by the pilgrims to succeed in Kedarnath Dham. Currently, pilgrims need to journey 16 km from Gaurikund to the temple, which takes a full day, whereas the ropeway allows them to journey from Sonprayag to Kedarnath in simply over an hour.
Since May 8, when the doorways of Kedarnath Dham have been opened this 12 months, greater than 14.59 lakh devotees have already visited the temple, out of which over 1.3 lakh devotees have availed the helicopter service.
Earlier this 12 months, the Uttarakhand authorities had introduced that work on the ropeway undertaking would begin quickly. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the undertaking has already been ready. About Rs 1,200 crore is anticipated to be spent on the 13-km-long ropeway undertaking.
The ropeway can be one of many highest ropeways on the planet at 11,500 ft (3,500 m) above sea degree.
Under the undertaking, about 26.43 hectares of forest land is to be transferred to the state authorities. The undertaking was earlier authorized by the State Wildlife Board and despatched to the NBWL – the best decision-making physique for approving initiatives in wildlife reserves and guarded areas.
Given the character of the undertaking, which must be carried out in forested areas, environmentalists have strongly opposed such a transfer within the ecologically fragile space. However, in its seventieth Standing Committee assembly chaired by Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav, the NBWL authorized the proposal.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
