Jammu Oct 10: Around 500 people have enjoyed the ride in the first week of the commencement of Jammu Ropeway Project here.
Sharing the details, Project Manager Rakesh Bhat on Saturday said that in one-week of its commencement as many as 498 people enjoyed the ropeway ride.
“Of total 498 in a week, the highest 205 persons enjoyed the ride on last Sunday,” said Mr. Bhat.
He, however, said that on weekdays, around 30 to 50 people visited the spot to enjoy the ride.
The first phase of the much-awaited Jammu Ropeway Project (JRP) commenced its commercial operations on October 3, (Saturday) amid adequate COVID-19 precautions.
The second phase is expected to open later this year.
On completion, the project will link three ancient temples — Bawe Wali Mata, Mahamaya and Peer Kho — and is expected to give a boost to religious tourism as the three places are very famous among the devotees particularly those visiting Jammu, the city of temples, from across the country.
When it was proposed back in 1995, the project was to be operated from Bahu Fort to Mubarak Mandi Complex. Later it was modified and the route relocated when both places were declared protected monuments.
The cable car corporation successfully conducted the trial run of the first phase of the project in April last year.
The 1.66-km-long cable car project has two phases, first from Bahu Fort to Mahamaya Park and the second from Mahamaya to Peer Kho over the Tawi river.
The second phase has a total length of 1,118 meters.
The ropeway from Bahu Fort to Mahamaya has eight cabins, and the one from Mahamaya to Peer Kho 14 cabins.
