PM Modi To Lay Foundation Stone Of Gaurikund-Kedarnath, Govindghat-Hemkund Sahib Ropeway Projects On 21 October

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the holy Himalayan shrines of Shri Kedarnath and Shri Badrinath in Uttarakhand on 21 October.

During his visit, he will lay the foundation stone of two new ropeway projects connecting Gaurikund to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib.

The ropeway in Kedarnath will be around 9.7 Km long and will connect Gaurikund to Kedarnath, reducing the travel time between the two places from 6-7 hours at present, to only about 30 mins.

The Hemkund ropeway will connect Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib. It will be around 12.4 Km long and will reduce the travel time from more than a day to only about 45 mins. This ropeway will also connect Ghangaria, which is the gateway to Valley of Flowers national park.

The ropeways, which will be developed at a cumulative cost of around Rs 2430 crore, are an environmental friendly mode of transport that will provide safe, secure and stable mode of transport, the PMO said in a release on Tuesday (18 October).

This major infrastructure development will give a boost to religious tourism, which will give a fillip to the economic development in the region and lead to creation of multiple employment opportunities as well, it added.