Dehradun is all set to change into house to India’s longest ropeway system that may join town with Mussoorie. The ropeway work has already begun by Mussoorie Sky Automotive Firm Pvt. Ltd., a consortium led by FIL Industries Personal Ltd and comprising POMA SAS France and SRM Engineering LLP.

Touted as India’s longest ropeway system with a size of over 5.5 km, it will likely be a mono-cable ropeway. This INR 300 crore undertaking might be prepared by September 2026 and can minimize down the journey time drastically to only quarter-hour. As of now, it takes round 1.5 to three hours (relying on site visitors), to cowl a distance of about 33 km between the 2 locations.

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It is going to be the primary time in India {that a} ropeway will function 10-seater cabins. All cabins might be enclosed, totally ventilated, glazed and could have automated opening and shutting doorways.

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These cabins will initially have the capability for 1300 passengers in an hour for every path. It is going to be an all-weather ropeway that may function all year long. Be it rain or snow, it will likely be operational on a regular basis.

This ropeway goes to be a path breaking achievement as it is going to scale back site visitors congestion within the area significantly, particularly throughout peak seasons. That is the primary ropeway in India, which is being constructed each for tourism functions in addition to for city mobility between the 2 cities in Uttarakhand.

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Owais Altaf Syed, Group Director, FIL Industries Restricted, stated that they’re excited to introduce this mega ropeway undertaking in Uttarakhand, which is their second ropeway undertaking in India, after Skyview by Empyrean in Patnitop, Jammu.

Speaking concerning the present undertaking, he additional stated, “The Mussoorie-Dehradun sustainable ropeway undertaking is being constructed with state-of-the-art, world-class infrastructure. As soon as prepared, it is not going to solely present a supply of employment and herald income to the state; it is going to additionally appeal to vacationers from internationally, contributing significantly to the state GDP.”

That is actually a revolutionising undertaking!