Ranchi gearing up to attract tourists with new Pahari Mandir ropeway

The Pahari Mandir in Ranchi would soon become the second ropeway destination of Jharkhand after Trikut hills in Deoghar - it will give a boost to tourism in the region. The state tourism department has signed an MOU in the recently concluded Global Investors' Summit (GIS) to launch the aerial ride on public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
Apart from Pahari Mandir, there are plans to commission ropeways at four other places - Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary near Jamshedpur, Jonha Falls in Ranchi, Ramrekha Dham in Simdega and Lodh Falls in Latehar.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 25 February 2017.

The time fame would be a maximum of 12 months to commission the ropeway from the day of acquiring the necessary land ... groundwork of soil testing and site identification had been undertaken at Pahari Mandir around six months ago and the detailed project report has pegged the estimated budget at Rs 4.5 crore.
The land required would be 300 sqm for the lower station, and 150 sqm for the upper station. Some more lad would be required for corridors on both sides of the central line. The ropeway would run for 190 metres at a maximum height of 65 metres.


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