CRSPL, IIT Roorkee sign MoU for advanced ropeway researchConveyor & Ropeway Services, Kolkata, and IIT Roorkee are joining forces. They will research and develop new ropeway technologies. A key fo...
01 Apr, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
India's first urban public transport ropeway trial begins in VaranasiVaranasi commenced the trial run of India's first urban public transport ropeway, a 3.8 km eco-friendly corridor featuring five stations. C...
06 Oct, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
13.79-km Shimla ropeway approved: Himachal Pradesh deputy CMHimachal Pradesh is set to become a tourism hotspot. A 13.79-km ropeway project in Shimla gets the green light. The project costs Rs 1,734....
06 Sep, 2025, 08.43 PM IST
Road ministry sets up an empowered committee for ropeways standards and certificationThe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has formed a 14-member Empowered Committee for Ropeways Technical Evaluation, Certification and...
20 Jun, 2025, 02.44 PM IST
Govt set to earn big from Kedarnath Ropeway as preferred bidder Adani offers 42% revenue shareThe government is poised to gain revenue without investment from the Sonprayag-Kedarnath ropeway project, awarded to Adani Enterprises. The...
19 Apr, 2025, 01.53 PM IST
Bids invited for preparing DPRs for setting up ropeway to Amarnath cave shrine in J&KThe Jammu and Kashmir government has invited bids for detailed project reports for the development of three major ropeways, including one f...
22 Mar, 2025, 04.31 PM IST
Varanasi ropeway project gets Rs 322 cr funding from Swiss firmThe National Highways and Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), under the administrative control of the ministry of road transport and high...
26 Oct, 2024, 12.46 AM IST
India has 360 proposals for ropeway and cable car: Union Minister Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that India has 360 ropeway and cable car proposals worth USD 7.93 billion. He invited joint ventures...
24 Oct, 2024, 10.23 PM IST
First section of Varanasi ropeway to be ready by August 2024India's first urban ropeway project, the Varanasi Ropeway Project, is set to complete a section linking Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station...
29 May, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
Govt to develop 200 ropeway projects worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore in five years: Nitin GadkariThe government is planning to increase the number of projects under the Parvatmala Pariyojana, which is the national ropeways development p...
24 Jan, 2024, 12.06 AM IST
Dehradun to Mussoorie in just 15 minutes! Uttarakhand plans India's longest ropeway connectivity for two citiesDehradun and Mussoorie will be connected by India's longest ropeway, measuring 5.5 km, reducing travel time from 1.5 hours to just 15 minut...
26 Oct, 2023, 02.59 PM IST
Govt plans to develop more than 250 projects in 5 yrs under Parvatmala Pariyojana: Nitin GadkariThe government is planning to develop more than 250 projects with a ropeway length of over 1,200 km in five years under Parvatmala Pariyoja...
19 Apr, 2023, 07.21 PM IST
Vaishno Devi Ropeway: A Rs 250 crore ropeway to cut travel time from 6 hours to 6 minutes; Here's everything to knowAs construction on a Rs. 250 crore ropeway gets underway, the challenging trek to Vaishno Devi may soon be history. The three-year-long pro...
16 Feb, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
Guwahati gets India’s longest ropeway over Brahmaputra riverThe Ropeway will operate from Kachari Ghat in Panbazaar, up to the Dol Govinda Temple in North Guwahati. Overlooking the beautiful Brahmapu...
25 Aug, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
Ropeways and cable cars are future of public transport: Nitin GadkariHe stressed upon the need to cut down congestion and resultant pollution in cities.
05 Nov, 2018, 07.15 PM IST
Shipping Ministry unit goes a step ahead of Niti Aayog on ropewaysThe government feels there is a renewed focus on passenger ropeways with many states taking up ropeway projects for tourism and improving c...
28 Oct, 2018, 11.21 PM IST
Ropeway projects eligibility criteria favour European cos: Indian playersThe Indian government has identified ropeway infrastructure to be developed as public transport.
03 Oct, 2018, 12.17 PM IST