India's longest river ropeway in Guwahati to open soon! See pics

New Delhi: India's longest river ropeway across river Brahmaputra River in Guwahati will be open for public in the next 180 days. With this new ropeway, it will take 7 minutes to reach from North Guwahati to Guwahati.

The total length of this ropeway is 2 Km and once completed, it will be India's longest ropeway on a river.

Each cable car on the ropeway will have the capacity of carrying 30 passengers across the river. The cable car will take about seven minutes to take passengers across the river. The cable car cabins for this project have been imported from Switzerland.

It may be noted that this project will be a huge boost for tourism in the city because it will also help people reach Guwahati or North Guwahati in just eight minutes, cutting the travel time significantly. The lower terminal of the ropeway is at Kachari Ghat in Panbazar, while the upper terminal is at Rajadwar village behind the Dol Govinda Temple in North Guwahati.

In order to ensure the passengers are safe and secure during the journey, an extra reserved line for the car has been kept which will help in case there is a technical issue with the main line. Because of this alternate line, passengers will not be stranded mid-way in case there are some technical issues. The operating deck of the ropeway will be on the south bank of the Brahmaputra river.

Take a look at the ropeway and cable cars:

(Picture Credit: Eastern Panorama)

(Picture Credit: Eastern Panorama)

Worth mentioning here is that the ropeway will cut travel time between Guwahati and North Guwahati from one hour to mere seven minutes and passengers will enjoy a stunning aerial view of the Brahmaputra river, Umananda Temple and Urvashi island from the cable car.