Overview

• NHLML issued a Letter of Award to Adani Enterprises to develop the 12.9 km Sonprayag–Kedarnath link.
• The ropeway is designed to cut the trek from roughly nine hours to about 36 minutes once operational.
• Planned capacity is 1,800 passengers per hour per direction, serving a route that draws around 20 lakh pilgrims annually.
• The project will run under a PPP revenue-sharing model with NHLML and will be executed by Adani’s Roads, Metro, Rail and Water division.
• Company materials cite tri-cable gondola technology with an estimated daily throughput near 18,000 passengers, along with job creation and tourism gains.