Shimla Ropeway Project Clears Key Hurdle, 820 Trees to be Felled

Imagine Shimla, a city on a hill, with lots of cars causing traffic jams.

To help people get around better, a plan was made to build a super long ropeway, like a ski lift but for the whole city!

This ropeway needs to be built on some forest land, which means about 820 trees will have to be cut down.

But, because trees are important, the rules say that for every tree cut, more new trees must be planted somewhere else.

So, the company building the ropeway has promised to plant over 4,000 new trees, mostly the same kind as those cut down, in a different forest area far away.

They will pay for all of this, which costs a lot of money.

This ropeway will have many stations and will make it much easier for people to travel across the city without using cars.