Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Adani Enterprises to Build Kedarnath Ropeway for ₹4,081 Crore
Adani Enterprises will build a new ropeway, similar to a cable car, to help people reach Kedarnath, a religious site in India.
This project will cost over 4,000 crore rupees and is planned to be finished in approximately six years.
The ropeway will drastically reduce travel time, enabling a 36-minute journey instead of the current 8-9 hour trek.
It's designed to transport 1,800 people per hour in each direction.
Adani will also operate the project for 29 years.
This initiative, developed under the National Ropeways Development Programme, aims to improve travel and tourism, benefiting the local economy.
Adani Enterprises will invest ₹4,081 crore in a ropeway project to Kedarnath.
The project will be built between Sonprayag and Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.
Construction is expected to take six years.
The ropeway will reduce travel time from 8-9 hours to 36 minutes.
The ropeway will transport 1,800 passengers per hour in each direction.
- Who
- Adani Enterprises
- What
- To construct ropeway to Kedarnath
- When
- Announced on Tuesday
- Where
- Sonprayag to Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
- Why
- To enhance pilgrim travel and boost tourism
- Project Name
- Sonprayag to Kedarnath Ropeway
- Company
- Adani Enterprises
- Project Cost
- ₹4,081 crore
- Route
- Sonprayag to Kedarnath
- Travel Time
- 36 minutes (reduction from 8-9 hour trek)
- Passengers per Hour
- 1,800 (each direction)
- Operation Duration
- 29 years
- Construction Time
- 6 years
Sources
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