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6th, Feburary, 2022

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today laid the foundation stone of 800 meter Mata Baglamuhki Ropeway for Baglamukhi temple in Mandi district.

This ropeway is the first ropeway in the State which was being constructed after the Government of India has allowed construction of ropeways for rural connectivity through NABARD funding.

Chief Minister said that this ropeway would be constructed within a year by spending an amount of Rs. 50 crore.
He said that this ropeway would be constructed by M/S Doppelmayr India Pvt. Ltd. and BEKAM Infra Ltd. by using Aerial Tram Way technology and in accordance with CEN Standards on Engineering Procurement and Construction Mode.
He said that one end of this ropeway wall in the Drang Vidhan Sabha area and another in the Seraj Vidhan Sabha area.
He said that the matter of seeking higher VGF for ropeway projects on PPP mode with cost sharing by the Government of India and State in the ratio of 90:10 has been taken up with the Union Government.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government has also posed four ropeways to National Highway Logistic Management Limited for funding to the Centre.
He said that out of these DPR’s ones has been prepared for ropeway from Bharmour to Bharmani Mata Temple in Chamba district to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 120 crore.
He said that another ropeways posed for funding are Rs. 605 crore Palampur-Thaatri-Chaugan in Kangra district, Rs. 200 crore Bijli Mahadev in Kullu district and ropeway from Shirgul Mahadev Temple to Churdhar in Sirmour district.

(Source: HP Government)

The British-era Shanan hydropower project at Jogindernagar, 40 km from here, is in a shambles due to the apathy of the Punjab Government. The lease of the project will expire in 2024, after which it will be handed over to the Himachal Government.

During the British rule in 1925, it was constructed under a 99-year lease executed between Joginder Sen, Raja of Mandi state, and Col BC Batty, a British representative. The lease will end in 2024 after which Himachal will become the owner of the project.
The powerhouse was constructed against the backdrop of dense deodar forests with a four-stage haulage rail network starting from Jogindernagar up to Barot, a cup-shaped village on the banks of the Uhl. The tail water of the river is being used by the state government for another two power projects.