Uttarakhand: Good news for pilgrims, central government approves Yamunotri ropeway project

National Desk:
The central government has approved the much-awaited Yamunotri ropeway project, stuck for more than a decade.  District Tourism Officer Rahul Choubey said that the 3.7 km ropeway from Kharsali to Yamunotri will not only reduce the distance to the Himalayan temple but will also save the pilgrims, especially the elderly, from having to undertake an arduous journey of about 5 km.
He said the foundation stone of the Rs 1,200-crore project was laid in 2011 by the then BJP president Nitin Gadkari and the then chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.