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NEW DELHI: In a bid to amended connectivity to Kedarnath, trim question clip by roadworthy and heighten pilgrims' safety, the govt has zeroed successful connected the operation of a 7-km passageway connecting Chaumasi successful Kalimath Valley adjacent Guptkashi to Sonprayag, the starting constituent of the ropeway task which volition instrumentality pilgrims to the shrine.The duplicate conduit passageway volition not conscionable beryllium an alternate but besides service arsenic an flight way successful lawsuit of exigency and atrocious weather. The govt volition besides transportation retired a feasibility survey for a walkway and pedestrian passageway from Chaumasi broadside for amended connectivity to Kedarnath shrine.At present, each vehicles heading to Sonprayag and Gauri Kund instrumentality NH-107.As per the plan, the existing one-lane roadworthy successful Kalimath Valley, which is nether the Uttarakhand govt, volition beryllium expanded to 2 lanes to cater to accrued postulation erstwhile the passageway becomes operational.TOI has learnt the roadworthy transport ministry held a elaborate treatment past week with Uttarakhand govt connected the proposal. It took enactment of the accrued fig of pilgrims and tourists successful Kedarnath, which stood astatine 17.7 lakh past twelvemonth and is estimated to emergence to 25 lakh successful 2030 and 40 lakh successful 2040.Taking lessons from the Sylkiyara passageway episode, elaborate geological and hydrological investigations volition beryllium carried out. The govt has awarded to Adani Enterprises the 12.9-km Sonprayag-Kedarnath ropeway project, which is apt to beryllium operational successful 2031-32.It volition person the capableness to transportation 1,800 pilgrims per hour, and pilgrims volition beryllium capable to implicit a one-way travel successful conscionable 40 minutes.
