Parvatmala Yojana receives 250 proposals, 8 projects worth ₹4,000-cr prioritized
In the current fiscal, the ministry plans to award seven projects to contractors, in addition to the already awarded Varanasi ropeway project, which is worth Rs 807 crore for the construction of a 3.85 km urban ropeway project. The ropeway market has huge potential, and with the process for awarding five more projects - Kedarnath (9.70 km), Hemkund Sahib (12.40 km), Ujjain (1.99 km), Shivkhori (2.1 km), Bijli Mahadev (2.4 km) - underway, it is expected that this potential will be realized soon. The government has also started carrying out DPRs for all the projects and over 200 DPRs are currently in the process.