The Central Government has approved the transfer of 1,500 sq m of ITBP land in Mussoorie to the Uttarakhand Government for construction of a mono-cable ropeway that is expected to de-congest road traffic between the popular hill station and state capital Dehradun.
The aerial passenger ropeway system is proposed to be 5,580 m in length and would be created under public private partnership (PPP) mode between Purkul Gaon, Dehradun (lower terminal station) and Library, Mussoorie (upper terminal station). Mussoorie, located at a height of 6,578 ft, is about 35-km from Dehradun. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 285 crore with a carrying capacity of 1,000 persons per hour per direction. The land in context is located in the administrative wing area of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officers’ training academy in Mussoorie.