India, March 5 -- Two ropeway projects at the religiously significant sites of Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand were approved by the union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

The cabinet also approved the revised livestock disease control scheme that focusses on vaccination and surveillance.

With this 12.9 km ropeway, the pilgrims visiting Kedarnath will have an environment-friendly, comfortable, and fast connectivity and reduce travel time in one direction covering 16 km from about 8 to 9 hours to about 36 minutes, benefitting the elderly and disabled, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during his press interaction post the cabinet meeting. The route will have three stops at Sonprayag, Gaurikund and...