The foundation stone for construction of this project was laid in January 2016 and is expected to provide a permanent solution to the traffic problems of McLeodganj during the peak tourist season.
The project envisages construction of buildings at two ends — lower terminal point and upper terminal point — of ropeway systems for boarding and deboarding of passengers and other infrastructure such as ticket counters, waiting area, toilet facilities and medical emergency room.
Dharmshala Ropeway Ltd, which will implement the project, has been asked to obtain ‘consent to establish’ from the State Pollution Control Board.
It has also been told to construct adequate parking at lower terminal and provide dedicated trolleys for carrying baggage.
The land requirement for the proposed project is about 2.24 hectare, out of which forest land involved is 1.69 hectare.
Arvind Sharma is an award winning bi-lingual journalist with more than 20 years of experience.
He has worked with Divya Himachal, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhasker, Vir Partap, Ajit and PTI.
In 2010, he was conferred the Himachal Kesri journalism award. He reports on the Tibetan Government in Exile, politics, sports, tourism and other topics. He lives in Dharamshala.
