New Delhi, March 5 -- To enhance the tourist infrastructure in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved two ropeway projects--at Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib.

Once completed, these ambitious projects will facilitate a quick and seamless experience for visitors to both popular pilgrim sites.

The one at Kedarnath is a 12.9 km ropeway project starting from Sonprayag Kedarnath. It will be developed using a Design, Build, Finance, Operate, and Transfer (DBFOT) mode and has a total capital cost of Rs 4,081.28 crore.

The ropeway is planned to be developed in a public-private partnership and will be based on the most advanced Tri-cable Detachable Gondola (3S) technolog...