The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is planning to build the world’s largest and highest cable car in the Kumrat valley of the Upper Dir district.
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan presided over a meeting of the Tourism Department when the decision was made. Permission was granted for a full feasibility assessment and engineering design at the meeting.
The 14-kilometre project will link the Kumrat and Madaklasht valleys in Lower Chitral. According to the planners, the projected cable line would be the world’s longest and highest cable car, attracting eight million local and international tourists to the province.
Aside from the cable car, there will be a parking lot, a restaurant, and other ancillary services. They stated at the conference that the project would provide employment chances for residents and stimulate economic activity in the province. According to the session, the primary characteristics of the cable car project were described, and the estimated cost was expected to be around Rs32 billion.
The gathering was also informed that the project’s feasibility study would take five to six months to complete. According to documents, the cable car will most likely cost Rs500 per person, and the parking facility will hold roughly 500 automobiles at a time.
According to the documents, the cable car will travel at a pace of 6 kilometres per second, with each vehicle cubicle holding ten tourists per round. The ambitious project’s concept said that roughly 30,000 tourists would be able to ride the cable cars each day, with each journey accommodating 250 tourists on a 38-minute round trip.
