After a long delay,the Jammu Ropeway Project inaugurated by lieutenant governor G C Murmu on Monday.The project was completed by Damodar Ropeways and Infrastructure Limited engaged by the Jammu and Kashmir Cable Car Corporation. The project has two sections including section-1 from Peer Kho to Mahamaya with the length of 1184 meters while section-2 from Bahu to Mahamaya Park with the length of 484 meters.

The Ropeway from Bahu Fort to Mahamaya has 8 cabins and from Mahamaya to Peerkho 14 cabins andthe total number of towers in section one (Peerkho to Mahamaya) and section 2(Bahu Fort to Mahamaya) are nine and the critical components have all been imported.

The trial run and pre-commissioning on ropeway project was conducted on May 29th, 2019.

The project was earlier scheduled to be thrown open in February 2019 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi but could not be inaugurated after a trolley ferrying laborers and engineers collapsed causing death of four persons.

Pertinently on September 26, union government had approved four more cable car projects– two each in Jammu division and Kashmir division respectively to boost the tourist footfall in in Jammu and Kashmir.The decision of centre government came after the team of Union Culture and Tourism Ministry toured the state following Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government decision to abrogate special state of the state.