Build ropeway from Govind Dham to Hemkunt Sahib: SHSMT

The Shri Hemkunt Sahib Management Trust (SHSMT) today urged upon the Uttarakhand government to build a ropeway (cable car) link between Govind Dham and Gurdwara Hemkunt Sahib.
Vice-president of SHSMT Narinderjit Singh Bindra urged Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to consider SHSMT's plea as the project had been earlier sanctioned by Uttarakhand government.
Bindra, who is also the chairman of Uttarakhand Minority Commission, in a letter to Bahuguna said "Apart from a helipad at Hemkunt Sahib, dual trek routes should now be built upto the Gurdwara, to put in place an emergency evacuation process."
He also stressed on the need to build a bigger helipad at Ghagaria for MI-17 choppers which can operate in emergencies.

Along with a suspension bridge at a height across the river at Govind Ghat, Bindra also urged setting up of a small camp across Alaknanda river at Govind Ghat to tackle emergency situation.