Lumbini cable car to come into operation soon

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Jan.14: The Lumbini cable car being constructed from Butwal in Rupandehi district to Basantpur in Palpa district will come into operation from February.

Presenting the report of the management committee at the company's 19th annual general meeting held in Kathmandu on Friday, chairman of Lumbini Cable Car Private Limited Chandra Prasad Dhakal said that civil work of the cable car towers had almost been completed and it would be brought into operation from February.

"Civil works of the cable car towers have been completed and the construction works in the temple area at the top station are moving ahead in high speed," he said.

He said that import of all the gondolas and equipment of the cable car has been completed.  Gondolas have been fixed in seven of  nine towers while in the remaining two towers, gondola fixing work has reached the final stage.

Likewise, the installation of equipment of cable car has been completed at the top station, while the installation work of cable car equipment at the bottom station is progressing, he said.

He also said that construction and electromechanical installation works are progressing rapidly. The construction of the cable car project has begun in January last year.