Editor with Agencies, *J-K plans cable car facility to Sufi saint's tomb at fort* - Kashmir Live - J&K, IndiaSunday, August 23, 2009
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government plans to install cable car facility between Rainawari and the fort in the city to facilitate pilgrimage to Mazar (graveyard) of sufi saint Shaykh Hamza Makhdoom.
Minister for Rural Development, Ali Mohammad Sagar, said the project, estimated to cost Rs six crore, [U$D 1.229 Million] would be completed within a year. The new mode of transport would have a capacity of 250 passengers per hour.
The system would be at an expected height of 32 meters from the ground. The cable car and its allied accessories would be indigenously designed.
The fort in the city has been built by Afghan governor Atta Mohammad Khan in 1808-10 on the top of the Koh-e-Maraan hill. Mughal emperor, Akbar, founded Naagar Nagar city in the foot of the hillock and constructed a 28 feet high wall, naagar nagar 'qalai' (fort) around the city, which served as the cantonment for the mughal army.
The Sufi saint's tomb is at the fort.
The minister, at a meeting of the special task force constituted for the beautification of Srinagar, asked the officers to submit a fortnightly report on the status of various projects, including road works, taken up here.
[Picture: Shaykh Hamza Makhdoom's Shrine at Hari Parbat. Photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Parbat]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government plans to install cable car facility between Rainawari and the fort in the city to facilitate pilgrimage to Mazar (graveyard) of sufi saint Shaykh Hamza Makhdoom.
Minister for Rural Development, Ali Mohammad Sagar, said the project, estimated to cost Rs six crore, [U$D 1.229 Million] would be completed within a year. The new mode of transport would have a capacity of 250 passengers per hour.
The system would be at an expected height of 32 meters from the ground. The cable car and its allied accessories would be indigenously designed.
The fort in the city has been built by Afghan governor Atta Mohammad Khan in 1808-10 on the top of the Koh-e-Maraan hill. Mughal emperor, Akbar, founded Naagar Nagar city in the foot of the hillock and constructed a 28 feet high wall, naagar nagar 'qalai' (fort) around the city, which served as the cantonment for the mughal army.
The Sufi saint's tomb is at the fort.
The minister, at a meeting of the special task force constituted for the beautification of Srinagar, asked the officers to submit a fortnightly report on the status of various projects, including road works, taken up here.
[Picture: Shaykh Hamza Makhdoom's Shrine at Hari Parbat. Photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Parbat]
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