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New Delhi. There is good news for lakhs of devotees who reach Kashi from every corner of the country to have the darshan of Lord Vishwanath. It will not take much time for them to reach the temple from the station. The time has been fixed for the completion of the first phase of the ropeway under construction from Cantt station to near the temple. That is, after the stipulated time, devotees will be able to complete half the journey from the station to the temple conveniently. However, in the second phase, work up to the temple is also going on at a fast pace.
Prakash Gaur, CEO of NHML, the NHAI company constructing the ropeway, said that the foundation stone of the ropeway was laid by the Prime Minister in March last year and in about a year (by March-April 2024), two km. The ropeway network will be ready and will also be commissioned. The ropeway trial will run for two months, April and May.
Meanwhile, trials will be held for two months in April-May, in which all the technical aspects of the ropeway will be examined. The ropeway will be inaugurated in June 2024, after which the ropeway service will start for the common people. The CEO told that this two km. There will be three stations in the long route. The first cantt from where the ropeway is starting. The second will be Vidyapeeth and the third will be Rath Yatra station. Bharat Mata temple is located near this station, people visiting this temple will also get relief.
Cable cars are arriving from Switzerland this month
The cable car for the ropeway will start reaching Switzerland this month. Since a large number of ropeways operate there and Switzerland has expertise on ropeways. That’s why cable cars are being brought from there. A 10-seater cable car will run in this ropeway. Initially a total of 18 cable cars will run in the ropeway. However, the design of the ropeway will be such that the number of cable cars can be increased as per the need.
A look at the ropeway
The total length of the ropeway will be 3.75 km. Five stations will be built in it, but there will be only four stations for boarding and deboarding. The fifth station will be built due to technical reasons. Of these four stations, the first will be Cantt Railway Station, the second will be Vidyapeeth, the third will be Rath Yatra and the fourth and last station will be Godaulia. Since there are no vehicles beyond this point to reach the temple, the ropeway will be run only here.
3000 passengers will be able to travel per hour
3000 passengers per hour will be able to travel on the ropeway cable car. With increase in the number of people, the number of cable cars will be increased. In the initial phase, 300 passengers will be able to travel per hour.
30 minutes time will be left after the entire ropeway is ready
After the complete construction of the ropeway, 30 minutes will be left to reach the temple from Cantt station. Currently, normally it takes 45 minutes to reach Godaulia (near the temple) from the station. But after the start of the ropeway, it can be reached in 15 to 16 minutes. Since there is more traffic on the route where the ropeway is being constructed.
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Tag: rope way, Varanasi news
first published : January 10, 2024, 2:41 pm IST
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