PM In U'khand: Modi Offers Prayers At Badrinath After Laying Foundation Stone For Ropeway Project At Kedarnath

The Prime Minister will lay the groundwork for the road and ropeway projects in Mana village. The ropeway in Kedarnath will be around 9.7 Km long connecting Gaurikund to Kedarnath.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami at Kedarnath

Source : ANI

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Kedarnath and Badrinath Dhams during his Uttarakhand visit on Thursday and he also laid the groundwork for projects worth more than Rs 3,400 crore. PM Modi performed darshan and puja at the revered Hindu temples.

The projects unveiled by the Prime Minister include two new ropeway projects connecting Gaurikund to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib. The infrastructural development is being done to strengthen connectivity and religious tourism in the state and its adjoining areas. An ATV vehicle has been transported from the Air Force's heavy cargo carrier Chinook helicopter to Kedarnath Dham. This is the same vehicle in which the Prime Minister will visit Kedarpuri.

Ahead of PM Modi's visit to Kedarnath and Badrinath, both holy sites were decorated with many quintals of flowers while security arrangements were also tightened in the area, as reported by news agency PTI.

After laying the foundation stone of the Kedarnath Ropeway Project, PM Modi visited the Adi Guru Shankaracharya Samadhi Sthal.

He reviewed the progress of development works along Mandakini Asthapath and Saraswati Asthapath.

Later, PM Modi arrived at the Badrinath temple to take part in the prayers and look over how the riverfront development is progressing.

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In the afternoon, he will lay the foundation stone of road and ropeway projects and address the people at Mana village near Badrinath. Thereafter, he will review the progress of the beautification works of the Arrival Plaza and the lakes.

The Prime Minister will spend Friday night in Badrinath.

From Roadway Projects To Ropeway, Know About Key Projects

The Prime Minister laid the groundwork for the road and ropeway projects in Mana village. The ropeway in Kedarnath will be around 9.7 Km long connecting Gaurikund to Kedarnath. It will reduce the travel time between the two places to about 30 mins from 6-7 hours earlier. The Hemkund ropeway will connect Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib. It will be around 12.4 Km long and will reduce the travel time from more than a day to only about 45 minutes. “This ropeway will also connect Ghangaria, which is the gateway to Valley of Flowers National Park," according to the PMO.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the Prime Minister’s visit to Kedarnath-Badrinath will prove to be a milestone in the development of Uttarakhand.

Dhami said the connectivity projects being undertaken at these places reflect the prime minister’s commitment to ease access and improve basic infrastructure in places of religious significance.

(With inputs from PTI)