For easy darshan of the devotees of Mahakaleshwar, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has taken decision to build Mahakal Ropeway from Ujjain Railway Station to Mahakaleshwar Temple.

To speed up the ropeway project, a meeting was held on Friday in the Administrative Complex Building Ujjain in the presence of Managing Director Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation Avinash Lavania, Ujjain Collector Neeraj Kumar Singh, CEO National Highway Logistics Management Limited Prakash Gaur.

In the meeting, National Highway Logistics Management Limited official Jigar informed that the work of Mahakal Ropeway Project will start from October 2024. The period for completion of the project is scheduled for October 2026. Mahakal Ropeway will be built from Ujjain Railway Station to Ganesh Colony via Triveni, whose total length will be 1.76 km. 3 stations, 13 towers and 48 cabins will be installed in Mahakal Ropeway.

Each cabin will have a seating capacity of about 10 persons and the travel time will be about 7 minutes. Monocable detachable gondola technology will be used in the ropeway. Integrated rescue system and vertical rescue system will be in the ropeway. The capacity of the ropeway will be around 2000 passengers per direction per hour.Managing Director MPRDC Lavania directed the construction agency MS Infra Limited to ensure that the project work is done in a quality manner within the stipulated time frame.

Construction work should continue smoothly. Problems arising in the project should be resolved quickly with mutual coordination. All the concerned departments and agencies associated with the project should work together with a positive mindset for the work of Baba Mahakal.

Railways, Municipal Corporation, MPEB, Smart City Utility should speed up the work of shifting and issuing necessary permissions.It is worth noting that Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation, Consultancy Agency National Highway Logistics Management Limited and Construction Agency MS Infra Limited have been made the nodal department in the Mahakal Ropeway Project.

MP Infra Limited will be provided the necessary equipment by Austria's Doppel Mayer Company.CEO National Highway Logistics Management Limited said that special attention should be paid to safety and quality in the construction work. All dimensions of safety should be considered. During the construction work, systematic barricading should be done in coordination with the traffic police. Laborers should take care of necessary safety measures like helmets etc.