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Verma said the existing ropeway has outlived its utility. "It is also difficult to get spare parts for its machines," she said and added the new ropeway would run parallel to the existing one and is likely to be completed by 2010.
The construction will need the nod of the forest department. "We will get the forest department's clearance soon," Verma said, adding the existing ropeway will continue to be run till the completion of the new one which would be a monocable detachable gondola ropeway.
While presently one person can sit on one of the chairs of the existing ropeway, the new ropeway would have cabins each of which can accommodate several persons. "Visitors can enjoy the ride along with their family or groups of friends in the cabin," Verma said.
RITES has already made a similar monocable detachable ropeway at Namchi in Sikkim. The construction of another ropeway with a capacity to carry 500 passengers per hour is under progress at Trikut hills in Deoghar in Jharkhand.
Verma, who is also the CMD of the BSTDC, said, "We have also asked the RITES to prepare a DPR for an aerial ropeway at the famous Mundeshwari Temple in Kaimur district."
Source: Times News Network 23/July/2008
A new hi-tech aerial ropeway will soon come up at Rajgir to replace the existing 39-year-old ropeway. After the commissioning of the new ropeway, estimated to cost Rs 8.5 crore, the old one will be given the heritage status on the pattern of the famous toy train of Darjeeling.
