The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has forwarded a formal proposal of the urban passenger ropeway project in Ghaziabad to the ministry of road transport and highways (Morth) for approval while the permission for the project at the local-level will be sought in the authority’s board meeting scheduled on January 7, said officials in the know of the matter on Wednesday.
The GDA’s ropeway project has been planned as an alternative to a Metro extension to connect Mohan Nagar on the Red line and Vaishali on the Blue line of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in Ghaziabad. General (retired) V K Singh, who is also minister of state for road transport and highways and civil aviation and also and MP from Ghaziabad, floated the proposal earlier this year.
“We have forwarded a formal proposal of the ropeway project to the Morth for approval after we received the in-principle approval for the project at a meeting, which was attended by General Singh and other officials of the Centre, earlier in December.
