Union cabinet meeting: Uttarakhand has received a big gift in the meeting of the Union Cabinet today i.e. on Wednesday (5 March 2025). The Modi government of the Center has approved the Rope Way project for Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand. A 12.9 km ropeway will be built from Sonprayag to Kedarnath, which will cost Rs 4081 crore. The National Highway Logistic Management will create it. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said, “The biggest advantage of this will be that the journey which is completed in 8-9 hours will be reduced to 36 minutes. It will have the capacity of 36 people to sit.
Local businesses will get benefit
This step of the Central Government will give a boost to the Chardham Yatra, which will benefit the local businesses and strengthen the economic growth of the region. This will keep the movement of pilgrims for the whole six months, which will reduce excessive pressure on resources in the first two months. Not only this, employment opportunities will also increase in the journey season.
Rope Way Project in Hemkund Sahib
The Kedarnath Ropeway Project will be operated under the Uttarakhand Ropeway Act, 2014, which provides a legal structure of licensing, operation, security and fare determination. At the same time, the second project is to become a ropeway project in Hemkund Sahib, for which 2730 crore rupees will be spent. This project can travel to Hemkund Sahib and Valley of Flower.
The third decision in the Union Cabinet has been taken with the farmers. The government has decided to spend Rs 3880 crore for livestock health and disease prevention. Under this, two main diseases in animals will be dealt with Khurpka-Mumbaka Disease (FMD) and Brusselosis.
Main initiative
- Special attention to comprehensive vaccination campaign.
- Mobile veterinary units, assistance to farmers at their door.
- India livestock portal, for live monitoring.
- Animal medicine: High quality generic medicines.
- Drug distribution through PM Kisan Samriddhi Center and Cooperative Societies.
- Promotion of traditional knowledge: encouragement of ethno-vetteri therapy.
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